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I just looked at the R. L. Drake site and now there is no longer a mention of
ANY shortwave receivers on their Products page.

http://www.rldrake.com/

Oh well, perhaps at some time they will again re-enter the market.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

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I just looked at the R. L. Drake site and now there is no longer a mention of
ANY shortwave receivers on their Products page.

http://www.rldrake.com/

Oh well, perhaps at some time they will again re-enter the market.

dxAce
Michigan
USA





Hmm, they don't have parts or do repairs on the R7/R7A either..

BDK

BDK wrote:

In article ,
says...
I just looked at the R. L. Drake site and now there is no longer a mention of
ANY shortwave receivers on their Products page.

http://www.rldrake.com/

Oh well, perhaps at some time they will again re-enter the market.

dxAce
Michigan
USA





Hmm, they don't have parts or do repairs on the R7/R7A either..

They haven't for several years.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

dxAce wrote:
I just looked at the R. L. Drake site and now there is no longer a
mention of
ANY shortwave receivers on their Products page.

http://www.rldrake.com/

Oh well, perhaps at some time they will again re-enter the market.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Yep, it sure is. No mention of shortwave. I do hope they eventually
decide to make a new receiver.

I also noticed that their product support page
(http://www.rldrake.com/tech/producthelp.html) contains a reference to
an R8E receiver. Any idea what that refers to? If you scroll down the
list, you'll see it immediately following the R8, R8A, etc.

Steve

wrote:

dxAce wrote:
I just looked at the R. L. Drake site and now there is no longer a
mention of
ANY shortwave receivers on their Products page.

http://www.rldrake.com/

Oh well, perhaps at some time they will again re-enter the market.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Yep, it sure is. No mention of shortwave. I do hope they eventually
decide to make a new receiver.

I also noticed that their product support page
(http://www.rldrake.com/tech/producthelp.html) contains a reference to
an R8E receiver. Any idea what that refers to? If you scroll down the
list, you'll see it immediately following the R8, R8A, etc.

It was made for the European market and is an R8 sans some particular frequency
range. It was made for the German market, and the regulation which forced the
reduction has since been changed.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Steve

wrote:

dxAce wrote:
I just looked at the R. L. Drake site and now there is no longer a
mention of
ANY shortwave receivers on their Products page.

http://www.rldrake.com/

Oh well, perhaps at some time they will again re-enter the market.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Yep, it sure is. No mention of shortwave. I do hope they eventually
decide to make a new receiver.

I also noticed that their product support page
(http://www.rldrake.com/tech/producthelp.html) contains a reference to
an R8E receiver. Any idea what that refers to? If you scroll down the
list, you'll see it immediately following the R8, R8A, etc.

An even rarer one is the R8000... which is a rack mount R8.

http://www.dproducts.be/DRAKE_MUSEUM/r-8000.htm

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I just looked at the R. L. Drake site and now there is no longer a
mention of
ANY shortwave receivers on their Products page.

http://www.rldrake.com/

Oh well, perhaps at some time they will again re-enter the market.

At least they'll still service the R8's.

--Mike L.

Don't hold your breath.

Joe

Why would anyone "re-enter" a dying market. Receivers have dropped out of
the market as fast as the broadcasters.

Face facts: HF usage by broadcasters, commerical users, govt, military is
just about over. Someone get a gun and put this horse out of its misery.

Enjoy the bands (HF and MW) while you can, there won't be much left to
listen to in the next decade or so.


"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I just looked at the R. L. Drake site and now there is no longer a mention
of
ANY shortwave receivers on their Products page.

http://www.rldrake.com/

Oh well, perhaps at some time they will again re-enter the market.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

patgkz wrote:

Why would anyone "re-enter" a dying market. Receivers have dropped out of
the market as fast as the broadcasters.

Face facts: HF usage by broadcasters, commerical users, govt, military is
just about over. Someone get a gun and put this horse out of its misery.

Enjoy the bands (HF and MW) while you can, there won't be much left to
listen to in the next decade or so.

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out! ;-)

dxAce
Michigan
USA



"dxAce" wrote in message
...
I just looked at the R. L. Drake site and now there is no longer a mention
of
ANY shortwave receivers on their Products page.

http://www.rldrake.com/

Oh well, perhaps at some time they will again re-enter the market.

dxAce
Michigan
USA