"Lucky" wrote in message
...
And as for Coke, I gave up soda about a year or more ago. I don't touch
the
stuff unless it's pure seltzer and then only once in a long while. The
stuff
does NOTHING for your body and my doctor told me it eats up your stomach
lining slowly but surely.

Lucky

Switch to beer, a porkchop in every can. :-)

Lucky,did you ever go to Spook Hill in Lake Wales and Coral Castle in
Florida.I have been to those places before.Spook Hill is really an
illusion pertaining to the lay of the land,it only looks like vehicles
roll uphill but really they roll down hill a few feet.That guy who built
Coral Castle must have used a home made crane or hoist to lift those
heavy stones.He certainly didn't use any kind of magic "levitation".I
quit soda pop over twenty years ago and even before I quit that slop,I
rarely ever drank it.I drink tons of coffee and water and V8 juice and
orange juice (Florida orange juice,of course) and one or two six packs
of beer ever couple of weeks.
cuhulin

Beer,a pork chop in every can.You got that right,I have the big old
double beer belly to prove it too.
cuhulin

"David" wrote in message
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On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 10:09:21 -0400, "Lucky"
wrote:



I live In Florida which is basically flat. I get great FM and never had a
problem with it.
Now, there might be a little station just starting out here in Florida,
low
powered so it comes in badly but it's usually not a station I want to
listen
to.

And as for Coke, I gave up soda about a year or more ago. I don't touch
the
stuff unless it's pure seltzer and then only once in a long while. The
stuff
does NOTHING for your body and my doctor told me it eats up your stomach
lining slowly but surely.

Lucky

It was an example for illustrative purposes.

If you were a Country fan in New York City you'd understand.



You said:

"You are indeed ''Lucky'' if you can get clean FM stereo where you
live. I cannot. Like millions of people in the Western part of the
USA, mountains and multipath destroy the FM stereo at my house."

How is that "illustrative " when there are millions of people like me who do
live on the east coast and have no problems?
Or the midwest?

Then, from the western hills you go to NY for another "illustrative" purpose
and choose country music to prove your point.

You know, sometimes I think you don't know WTF you're talking about. It
seems to go in circles. Nothing is clear.....

Lucky

On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 11:37:17 -0400, "Lucky"
wrote:



"David" wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 10:09:21 -0400, "Lucky"
wrote:



I live In Florida which is basically flat. I get great FM and never had a
problem with it.
Now, there might be a little station just starting out here in Florida,
low
powered so it comes in badly but it's usually not a station I want to
listen
to.

And as for Coke, I gave up soda about a year or more ago. I don't touch
the
stuff unless it's pure seltzer and then only once in a long while. The
stuff
does NOTHING for your body and my doctor told me it eats up your stomach
lining slowly but surely.

Lucky

It was an example for illustrative purposes.

If you were a Country fan in New York City you'd understand.



You said:

"You are indeed ''Lucky'' if you can get clean FM stereo where you
live. I cannot. Like millions of people in the Western part of the
USA, mountains and multipath destroy the FM stereo at my house."

How is that "illustrative " when there are millions of people like me who do
live on the east coast and have no problems?
Or the midwest?

Then, from the western hills you go to NY for another "illustrative" purpose
and choose country music to prove your point.

You know, sometimes I think you don't know WTF you're talking about. It
seems to go in circles. Nothing is clear.....

Lucky


The ''Coke'' example was the illustration.

You are taking this **** way too seriously. This is the internet.
It's all fake.

I was replying to the fact that not everyone is blessed with the rich
cultural bounty that is Florida radio

..I won't pay for the service either. I can find all the music I want
on FM

"Lucky" wrote in message
...

"rkhalona" wrote in message
ups.com...
Hi Lucky,

I am glad you are happy with the E1. I hope you don't feel bad if I
say
I am a little skeptical, so I will ask this question in the most
innocent way:
What other radios do you have/have you played with?

Many thanks for your informative reviews. They are helpful.

RK


Thanks RK.

I now own 11 radios.

1] Icom R75
2] Lowe HF-150
3] Kenwood R-5000
4] JRC NRD-525
5] FRG-7
6] Ten Tec 320-D
7] FRG-7700
8] Degen 1103
9] Nasa Target HF3 {Nav-Fax 100 in U.S.}
10] Great Cond Kenwood QR-666 that later became the R-300.
11] Eton E1

What, no SAT 800?


So, I have a sense of quality and features etc. But, I'm not a super pro
like some of the other guys in here that have been doing this for years.

Lucky

David wrote:
On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 13:05:19 -0400, "Lucky"
wrote:

You are indeed ''Lucky'' if you can get clean FM stereo where you
live. I cannot. Like millions of people in the Western part of the
USA, mountains and multipath destroy the FM stereo at my house.

You have three choices. (1) Stop whining about your poor reception; (2)
lay out more wire; or (3) write out a check every month to Big Brother
at Sirius.

So far you've chosen (3).

We all understand that. No one is interested in it.



Is this the 11th Commandment, or what:

''Radio waves were meant to be free for listeners with commercials
supporting the station''

The first commercial stations were signed on so stores could sell
radios. Very similar to the satellite radio business model.

Here's the deal: you pay for ****ty radio every time you buy a Coke.
Quit buying Cokes and listen to better radio.

Yeah, instead he should pay for ****ty radio by writing a check out to
Big Brother every month. Real smart.

wrote:

David wrote:
On Wed, 3 Aug 2005 13:05:19 -0400, "Lucky"
wrote:

You are indeed ''Lucky'' if you can get clean FM stereo where you
live. I cannot. Like millions of people in the Western part of the
USA, mountains and multipath destroy the FM stereo at my house.

You have three choices. (1) Stop whining about your poor reception; (2)
lay out more wire; or (3) write out a check every month to Big Brother
at Sirius.

So far you've chosen (3).

We all understand that. No one is interested in it.


Is this the 11th Commandment, or what:

''Radio waves were meant to be free for listeners with commercials
supporting the station''

The first commercial stations were signed on so stores could sell
radios. Very similar to the satellite radio business model.

Here's the deal: you pay for ****ty radio every time you buy a Coke.
Quit buying Cokes and listen to better radio.

Yeah, instead he should pay for ****ty radio by writing a check out to
Big Brother every month. Real smart.

Isn't he subsidizing 'Whitey' by writing out that check as well?

dxAce
Michigan
USA

jamulc wrote:

If
it's all it purports to be, then it seems that its performance could
well be a notch or two above the '2010, SW77, and Sat 700.

I'll be surprised if this turns out to be the case, but I'd love to be
surprised! I really hope this is correct.

The $500
price tag might seem a bit much to foot, but let's face it, it's not a
matter of whether or not its performance is superior to a similarly
priced R-75 but rather whether one is in need of a high quality and
truly-portable portable, laden with numerous features not to be found
in the under $200 class that dominates the portable scene.

Given what I've heard so far about its lack of a handle, size and
overall construction, it doesn't sound like something you'd want to lug
around a lot.


Let's face
it, the SW77 retailed at $469.96 in its day (and it only had two
bandwidth filters and certainly had no passband offset).

Very true. And as much as I love the SW77--as it's an excellent
portable--there's no way in *(&^ is should have sold for $469.96. But
note: it wouldn't have been worth more money if it had had more filters
and a passband offset. We think about these features as though they can
be slapped onto just any radio and function properly, but in my
experience this just isn't so. Put four filters on just about any
portable and you will not have a significantly better radio. You have
to have an underlying receiver that can do justice to these features.
This is my beef with the way a lot of portables are marketed and sold.
They have all kinds of junk on them in the way of "features", but all
of these really cool features are attached to....a mediocre radio that
can't even begin to do them justice. Frankly, I'd rather not have all
the bells and whistles if they're just going to be useless appendages;
and if the manufacturer skipped the bells and whistles, they'd probably
be able to sell you the receiver at a reasonable price.

Steve

It doesn't get any "whiter" than Sirius.