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Well, from my point of view Steve has it dead right.
I have a pal who I DX with who has a Drake R7A and he beats us hollow with the feint/rare DX he gets that we can hardly copy. I have had experience of many famous boatanchors including the Racal R-17, but never does their performance come anywhere near a modern Drake receiver like the R8B. I think the boatanchor lads still live in dreamland -- John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods RX Drake R8B, SW8 & ERGO software Sony 7600D GE SRIII BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A. Hallicrafters SX-100, Eddystone 940 GE circa 50's radiogram Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270 Kiwa MW Loop http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx I hate to tell Chuck, the apparent author, that I reliably copied, logged and QSL'd RRI Dili prior to his reception using a Drake R7 here in 1990. dxAce Michigan USA |
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JP,
" I think the boatanchor lads still live in dreamland " Ah - The GLOWING Memories of Yesteryear ~ RHF |
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