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Jim Hackett September 9th 05 01:54 PM

Best Buy?
 
Icom R-75



"Bill" wrote in message
...
I would like to hear which SW receiver you all think is/was the 'best buy'
for the money. I vote for the Drake SW2. I think they closed them out at
$400 a few years ago. What a sweet radio! From what I've read about the

Eton
E1 it may well be a 'best buy'.

Bill





John S. September 9th 05 02:28 PM


Bill wrote:
I would like to hear which SW receiver you all think is/was the 'best buy'
for the money. I vote for the Drake SW2. I think they closed them out at
$400 a few years ago. What a sweet radio! From what I've read about the Eton
E1 it may well be a 'best buy'.

Bill


Kenwood R-5000 - tabletop

Sony 2010 - mid size portable

Degen DE1103 - small portable


[email protected] September 9th 05 03:19 PM

I think the Sony ICF-7600GR is also a good value for a portable. It's
not real expensive and yet it has some neat features.

To be honest, I've never really understood how the 7600GR came to be so
reasonably priced. The trend nowadays seems to be to charge tabletop
prices for portable performance, and manufacturers will 'justify' the
price by tacking lots of bells and whistles onto a radio that's not
robust enough to utilize them. I guess someone at Sony was in a
generous mood when they priced the 7600GR.

Steve


Yodar September 10th 05 12:39 AM

Bill wrote:
"D Peter Maus" wrote in message
...

Bill wrote:

I would like to hear which SW receiver you all think is/was the 'best
buy' for the money. I vote for the Drake SW2. I think they closed them
out at $400 a few years ago. What a sweet radio! From what I've read
about the Eton E1 it may well be a 'best buy'.

Bill


The Drake may very well be the correct choice. I bought mine at the end
of run, and have enjoyed it every day since.

Although HF 150 is not a bad choice, either. Certainly hard to find
more raw performance in such a small package.

AR-7030+ is a better radio than both of them, but on a performance for
the buck basis, the Drake is a far better buy.



Hello Peter, do you have the remote?




Best $300 SW RADIO OUT THER IS THE rx 320 from Ten Tec

Yodar

[email protected] September 10th 05 12:59 AM

Ten Tec rx 320 for $300.00? And Ten Tec Radios are made in good old
Tennessee too.Let me check out Ten Tec's website.Sergeant York movie is
fixin to come on tv at 7:00 PM this evening.Perfect!
cuhulin



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