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![]() dxAce wrote: Fresh from the Universal site: http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0082.html Scroll down and read the sorry news. This is a sad day indeed. dxAce Michigan USA Indeed it is Steve. Having owned the R8 and R8B (I passed on the R8A) and having owned an SPR-4, 2B, R4, R4A, R4B, R4C and R7 over the years, I can say without a doubt, R. L. Drake was a leader in manufacturing excellent receivers. I do think however, the R8B was the best of the line with reservations. That tuning knob and the lousy mechanical encoder turned me off. Of course, that didn't preclude me from many pleasurable hours sitting in front of that otherwise fine receiver. Having said that, it is a sad day for shortwave enthusiasts when you think that the Japanese manufacturers haven't ever produced one that didn't need agc, filter, synchronous detector and audio modifications to make it perform. I realize that we all had to modify our beloved hollow state receivers over the years, but the Japanese have led the free world in crappy audio, filters and agc's for decades. Shortwave receivers are but a minute drop in the bucket of electronics. If and when a manufacturer can sell shortwave receivers in the numbers such as dvd players, tv's etc., we will see this sort of thing happen. Just my 2 cents. Les Locklear Monitoring since ' 57 Monitoring from the Gulf of Mexico Hammarlund R-274C/FRR (SP-600JX-14) R-1051B/URR Ten Tec RX-340 Alpha Delta Sloper Quantum QX Loop Various Longwires CU-2279/BRC Multicoupler http://www.hammarlund.info/homepage.html |
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I wish MFJ Enterprises www.MFJEnterprises.com would start building
shortwave radios and other kinds of radios too.I would certainly buy one or two,if I could afford it.I can't speak for the performance of their products because I don't own any of their products,,, yet.I am going to MFJ Enterprises in a couple of months (they are just up the road from me,so to speak) and buy one of their antennas.I think their products do look great though. cuhulin |
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![]() wrote in message ... I wish MFJ Enterprises www.MFJEnterprises.com would start building shortwave radios and other kinds of radios too.I would certainly buy one or two,if I could afford it.I can't speak for the performance of their products because I don't own any of their products,,, yet.I am going to MFJ Enterprises in a couple of months (they are just up the road from me,so to speak) and buy one of their antennas.I think their products do look great though. cuhulin There is a reason they are known as Mighty Fine Junk. |
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![]() "Dave Stadt" wrote wrote in message I wish MFJ Enterprises www.MFJEnterprises.com would start building shortwave radios and other kinds of radios too.I would certainly buy one or two,if I could afford it.I can't speak for the performance of their products because I don't own any of their products,,, yet.I am going to MFJ Enterprises in a couple of months (they are just up the road from me,so to speak) and buy one of their antennas.I think their products do look great though. cuhulin There is a reason they are known as Mighty Fine Junk. Look at eHam reviews on various MFJ products. Seems folks either love them or hate them. I use two of their tuners, an MFJ-962D (1.5kw) manual tuner and MFJ-994 (600w) ATU "IntelliTuner". I like them both, and have no complaints about their performance. Jack Painter Virginia Beach, Virginia |
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![]() Les wrote: dxAce wrote: Fresh from the Universal site: http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0082.html Scroll down and read the sorry news. This is a sad day indeed. dxAce Michigan USA Indeed it is Steve. Having owned the R8 and R8B (I passed on the R8A) and having owned an SPR-4, 2B, R4, R4A, R4B, R4C and R7 over the years, I can say without a doubt, R. L. Drake was a leader in manufacturing excellent receivers. I do think however, the R8B was the best of the line with reservations. That tuning knob and the lousy mechanical encoder turned me off. Of course, that didn't preclude me from many pleasurable hours sitting in front of that otherwise fine receiver. Having said that, it is a sad day for shortwave enthusiasts when you think that the Japanese manufacturers haven't ever produced one that didn't need agc, filter, synchronous detector and audio modifications to make it perform. I realize that we all had to modify our beloved hollow state receivers over the years, but the Japanese have led the free world in crappy audio, filters and agc's for decades. Shortwave receivers are but a minute drop in the bucket of electronics. If and when a manufacturer can sell shortwave receivers in the numbers such as dvd players, tv's etc., we will see this sort of thing happen. For whatever reason I skipped out on the R8A as well. The only one of the other above receivers I never owned was the R-4C which I don't think was noted as being a good SWL receiver. I also have had a few SW-4A's. dxAce Michigan USA |
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![]() "dxAce" wrote For whatever reason I skipped out on the R8A as well. The only one of the other above receivers I never owned was the R-4C which I don't think was noted as being a good SWL receiver. Are you kidding, Steve? Out of all the receivers I have owned the R-4C was "the best." A Sherwood modified R-4C is still considered THE best "ham" SW receiver of all time. Even unmodified it was a treasure to many, including me. But alas I unwisely sold her when the new fangled digital displays hit the scene - sigh. |
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![]() Li Changchun wrote: "dxAce" wrote For whatever reason I skipped out on the R8A as well. The only one of the other above receivers I never owned was the R-4C which I don't think was noted as being a good SWL receiver. Are you kidding, Steve? Out of all the receivers I have owned the R-4C was "the best." A Sherwood modified R-4C is still considered THE best "ham" SW receiver of all time. Read it again comrade. I said I didn't think it was noted as a good SWL receiver. Frickin 'tards... they're everywhere. dxAce Michigan USA |
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Fred Osterman's 3rd Ed. of "Shortwave Receivers Past & Present" rates
the R-4C as five stars new and four stars used. He also calls it, "An outstanding amateur receiver." |
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![]() "mike0219116" wrote in message oups.com... Fred Osterman's 3rd Ed. of "Shortwave Receivers Past & Present" rates the R-4C as five stars new and four stars used. He also calls it, "An outstanding amateur receiver." Yeah, it seems to be a good amateur receiver, but a general coverage shortwave receiver it ain't. --Mike L. |
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![]() Michael Lawson wrote: "mike0219116" wrote in message oups.com... Fred Osterman's 3rd Ed. of "Shortwave Receivers Past & Present" rates the R-4C as five stars new and four stars used. He also calls it, "An outstanding amateur receiver." Yeah, it seems to be a good amateur receiver, but a general coverage shortwave receiver it ain't. The R-4B with a bunch of extra crystals or coupled with the FS-4 synthesizer was much better for SW dx'ing. The R-4C was indeed (and may still be) a better ham radio receiver. dxAce Michigan USA |
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