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FA R8A
This looks like a good deal. buy it now with spker $550 ?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...6619 657&rd=1 -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/ EMAIL- (Hide the $100 to reply!) |
Brian Hill wrote: This looks like a good deal. buy it now with spker $550 ? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...6619 657&rd=1 Gone now! dxAce Michigan USA |
How can I get in touch with him?
John, KB2COP "mike maghakian" wrote in message ... John Figalozzi has his R8A for sale for about $525 "Brian Hill" wrote in message ... "dxAce" wrote in message ... Brian Hill wrote: "dxAce" wrote in message ... Brian Hill wrote: Couldn't resist? You are dxace2? Figured I'd sell off the speaker and the service manual. We'll see about the receiver. Watch out RadioMart, here I come! dxAce Michigan USA I think it was a good deal too. I almost bought it but my old R-5000 serves me well. Also I've never had an R8A so I thought I'd give myself the opportunity to play with one. dxAce Michigan USA Drake R7, R8 and R8B. http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm When you decide or if you sell? Let me have a shot at it Steve. Ok? Thanks -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/ EMAIL- (Hide the $100 to reply!) |
I never said he did
but for someone that wants just the R8A, that is a great price "dxAce" wrote in message ... mike maghakian wrote: John Figalozzi has his R8A for sale for about $525 With the matching speaker and a service manual? dxAce Michigan USA |
It is fairly clear what I said and it is the plain truth
the sync detector on the R8B/Sat 800/SW8 is far superior to what the R8A can do on SWBC reception, the R8A has a useless notch and PBT compared to the selectable sideband sync. the 800 is not designed for the narrow bandwidth requirements of CW and some other utes If you can't understand this, well I am sorry for you. go back and get an education in electronics and radio technology. I would offer to help but you are too arrogant for me to waste my time with. Mike "dxAce" wrote in message ... mike maghakian wrote: the satellit 800 is a better SWL receiver, the R8A is a better utility/SSB receiver Huh? dxAce Michigan USA |
I replied direct so I don't post his email on the net just in case he
doesn't want it posted on the net "thecop" wrote in message ... How can I get in touch with him? John, KB2COP "mike maghakian" wrote in message ... John Figalozzi has his R8A for sale for about $525 "Brian Hill" wrote in message ... "dxAce" wrote in message ... Brian Hill wrote: "dxAce" wrote in message ... Brian Hill wrote: Couldn't resist? You are dxace2? Figured I'd sell off the speaker and the service manual. We'll see about the receiver. Watch out RadioMart, here I come! dxAce Michigan USA I think it was a good deal too. I almost bought it but my old R-5000 serves me well. Also I've never had an R8A so I thought I'd give myself the opportunity to play with one. dxAce Michigan USA Drake R7, R8 and R8B. http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm When you decide or if you sell? Let me have a shot at it Steve. Ok? Thanks -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/ EMAIL- (Hide the $100 to reply!) |
Got it Mike...thanks.
John "mike maghakian" wrote in message ... I replied direct so I don't post his email on the net just in case he doesn't want it posted on the net "thecop" wrote in message ... How can I get in touch with him? John, KB2COP "mike maghakian" wrote in message ... John Figalozzi has his R8A for sale for about $525 "Brian Hill" wrote in message ... "dxAce" wrote in message ... Brian Hill wrote: "dxAce" wrote in message ... Brian Hill wrote: Couldn't resist? You are dxace2? Figured I'd sell off the speaker and the service manual. We'll see about the receiver. Watch out RadioMart, here I come! dxAce Michigan USA I think it was a good deal too. I almost bought it but my old R-5000 serves me well. Also I've never had an R8A so I thought I'd give myself the opportunity to play with one. dxAce Michigan USA Drake R7, R8 and R8B. http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm When you decide or if you sell? Let me have a shot at it Steve. Ok? Thanks -- 73 and good DXing. Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A lot of radios and 100' of rusty wire! Zumbrota, Southern MN Brian's Radio Universe http://webpages.charter.net/brianhill/ EMAIL- (Hide the $100 to reply!) |
"mike maghakian" wrote in message ... the satellit 800 is a better SWL receiver, the R8A is a better utility/SSB receiver Got R8B, R8A and Sat 800. With a Wellbrook loop this is decidedly NOT the case. And I kept my 4th Sat 800 because the others were crap. And the RX-340 beats them all. All receivers are connected to the antenna with a RF Systems DA-8. I still like my Sat 800 though, much better than the Sat 700, Sat 650 FE, and Sat 210 on SW despite what some claim. But when it comes to SQ the 210 and the 650 rule. Just my opinion. Jorma |
DX Ace,
=2E Enjoy Listening to your 'new-to-you' Drake R8A Receiver :o) =2E OBTW - Are you enjoying your Diego Garcia Navy Support Facility Ball Caps? =2E Diego Garcia Navy Support Facility ( NAVSUPPFACDG ) British Indian Ocean Territory ( B.I.O.T. ) 7=B020'S 72=B025'E http://www.dg.navy.mil/ Note - The nice Time Check feature in the left-bottom-corner. =2E About - Diego Garcia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Garcia http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ego-garcia.htm http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ia-imagery.htm http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...IA-DG-BIOT.jpg http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...go-garcia1.jpg =2E =2E as always - more that you wanted to know ~ RHF=20 =2E . . . . |
if only Tecsun had better production quality,,,,now the 800 will never be
the legend it could have been if they were all produced well even I got a lemon 800, it is in pieces in a closet waiting to be put back together and sent to Drake. the quality of construction is NOT impressive !!!!! I was sold it used and was taken. I had bought several 800's before and this was the first bad one. I bought this one to experiment with and didn't want to do too much to my main 800. I had sold my other 800's to friends and they all love the 800, even my friend with an RX-340 I still have a gem 800 and it is out of this world. wouldn't give it up for anything, except an RX-340 or R8B "Jorma DeLuxe" wrote in message ... "mike maghakian" wrote in message ... the satellit 800 is a better SWL receiver, the R8A is a better utility/SSB receiver Got R8B, R8A and Sat 800. With a Wellbrook loop this is decidedly NOT the case. And I kept my 4th Sat 800 because the others were crap. And the RX-340 beats them all. All receivers are connected to the antenna with a RF Systems DA-8. I still like my Sat 800 though, much better than the Sat 700, Sat 650 FE, and Sat 210 on SW despite what some claim. But when it comes to SQ the 210 and the 650 rule. Just my opinion. Jorma |
mike maghakian wrote: It is fairly clear what I said and it is the plain truth the sync detector on the R8B/Sat 800/SW8 is far superior to what the R8A can do on SWBC reception, the R8A has a useless notch and PBT compared to the selectable sideband sync. the 800 is not designed for the narrow bandwidth requirements of CW and some other utes If you can't understand this, well I am sorry for you. go back and get an education in electronics and radio technology. I would offer to help but you are too arrogant for me to waste my time with. Guess I have to revisit this again...I was trained by the US Navy in electronics... and as far as radio 'technology' goes, I am a user of radios and not a 'collector' of radios. I'd be more than happy to compare my DX catches and QSL's with you any day of the week. I've done OK... Feel free to tote it! dxAce Michigan USA |
dxAce wrote:
Guess I have to revisit this again...I was trained by the US Navy in electronics... and as far as radio 'technology' goes, I am a user of radios and not a 'collector' of radios. I'd be more than happy to compare my DX catches and QSL's with you any day of the week. I've done OK... Feel free to tote it! dxAce Navy school, huh? I was tested out in basic training for electronics and was awarded the MOS of 26T20, which is US Army for Broadcast Engineer. I had the highest score on record at Ft. Knox for that MOS. I made E4 and received a letter of commendation from the commanding general of the three army bases in Alaska in my two years in the military. I love to build or repair radios. One of my special projects is a KU band system aboard the Space Station. -- Former professional electron wrangler. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
dxAce wrote:
RHF wrote: DX Ace, . Enjoy Listening to your 'new-to-you' Drake R8A Receiver :o) Just want to try it out for the fun of it, never used an R8A before, I suspect that it will perform just like the R8 or R8B. OBTW - Are you enjoying your Diego Garcia Navy Support Facility Ball Caps? Only got one cap... and yes, it's very nice. dxAce Michigan USA http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm I like my R8A very much but, while I can compare it favorably to some other high end desktop units, I have never owned the R8B. That 'B' sync detector should be a definite improvement. I tried it out on the newer SW8 and it was the best sync detector I have used. -- Brian Denley http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html |
Brian Denley wrote: dxAce wrote: RHF wrote: DX Ace, . Enjoy Listening to your 'new-to-you' Drake R8A Receiver :o) Just want to try it out for the fun of it, never used an R8A before, I suspect that it will perform just like the R8 or R8B. OBTW - Are you enjoying your Diego Garcia Navy Support Facility Ball Caps? Only got one cap... and yes, it's very nice. dxAce Michigan USA http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm I like my R8A very much but, while I can compare it favorably to some other high end desktop units, I have never owned the R8B. That 'B' sync detector should be a definite improvement. I tried it out on the newer SW8 and it was the best sync detector I have used. Yes, it can come in handy I suppose, but in reality I rarely ever use sync on either the R8 or R8B I have in service at the present time. One other thing I've never used on the R8B is the alpha numeric memory feature. Never even tried it out. dxAce Michigan USA http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
dxAce wrote:
Yes, it can come in handy I suppose, but in reality I rarely ever use sync on either the R8 or R8B I have in service at the present time. One other thing I've never used on the R8B is the alpha numeric memory feature. Never even tried it out. dxAce Steve: I works quite well if you have the time to type in the names. I did for some of the big stations (bbc, RNZI, etc.) and for the time stations. After that, even tuning through the dial, if you get near one of those alphas, the name pops right out. A better method ( although I haven't seen it done) might be if one of these ILG compatible computer control programs would load the names in automatically............hmmmm. -- Brian Denley http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html |
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