I have both these rigs fully accessorized. The 515 has the sherwood
filters, speaker, keypad controller, memory unit, 10-turn pot, etc. The R7A
has speaker and all the Drake filters for SWLing and the RV75. I also use
Sherwood's SE-3 Synch Detector with both rigs. I'm contemplating (lighlty)
to sell one of them but I"m having a hard time with choosing. They are both
unique in their own way. Both are 5-Star rated receivers. What do you guys
think?

John Berenyi wrote:

I have both these rigs fully accessorized. The 515 has the sherwood
filters, speaker, keypad controller, memory unit, 10-turn pot, etc. The R7A
has speaker and all the Drake filters for SWLing and the RV75. I also use
Sherwood's SE-3 Synch Detector with both rigs. I'm contemplating (lighlty)
to sell one of them but I"m having a hard time with choosing. They are both
unique in their own way. Both are 5-Star rated receivers. What do you guys
think?

I've had both and currently have an R7 here.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Whew! - what a choice - two of the best receivers ever made.
I think my money would be on the awesome R7A though, as if kitted out with
the right filters it's performance even today is really great.
It's synchro is also a wonderful feature and it's ability to get that really
faint far distant exotic DX is legendary.
A pal of mine has a R7a and on DXpeditions he always ran rings around us.
Unfortunately he has hung up his headphones, but refuses to sell his Drake.

A tough choice though.
--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
RX Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D GE SRIII
BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A.
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop
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"John Berenyi" wrote in message
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I have both these rigs fully accessorized. The 515 has the sherwood
filters, speaker, keypad controller, memory unit, 10-turn pot, etc. The
R7A has speaker and all the Drake filters for SWLing and the RV75. I also
use Sherwood's SE-3 Synch Detector with both rigs. I'm contemplating
(lighlty) to sell one of them but I"m having a hard time with choosing.
They are both unique in their own way. Both are 5-Star rated receivers.
What do you guys think?

In article ,
says...
I have both these rigs fully accessorized. The 515 has the sherwood
filters, speaker, keypad controller, memory unit, 10-turn pot, etc. The R7A
has speaker and all the Drake filters for SWLing and the RV75. I also use
Sherwood's SE-3 Synch Detector with both rigs. I'm contemplating (lighlty)
to sell one of them but I"m having a hard time with choosing. They are both
unique in their own way. Both are 5-Star rated receivers. What do you guys
think?




I have had both here, the 515 I've owned for over 20 years, it will
never leave. I borrowed my friend's fresh from Drake serviced R7a, and
while it might have slightly outperformed the 515, it's a PITA to use,
and I liked the audio even less than my 515 running through a cheap
stereo amp and a RS Minimus speaker, an dmy 515 doesn't sound all that
great.

I have had many SW receivers over the last 25 years, and the 515 is the
only one I would really miss. Even though it needs an alignment pretty
bad right now.

BDK

On Sun, 21 May 2006 10:36:54 -0600, "John Berenyi"
wrote:

I have both these rigs fully accessorized. The 515 has the sherwood
filters, speaker, keypad controller, memory unit, 10-turn pot, etc. The R7A
has speaker and all the Drake filters for SWLing and the RV75. I also use
Sherwood's SE-3 Synch Detector with both rigs. I'm contemplating (lighlty)
to sell one of them but I"m having a hard time with choosing. They are both
unique in their own way. Both are 5-Star rated receivers. What do you guys
think?


Which sounds better? Doesn't the Drake drift slightly?

David wrote:

On Sun, 21 May 2006 10:36:54 -0600, "John Berenyi"
wrote:

I have both these rigs fully accessorized. The 515 has the sherwood
filters, speaker, keypad controller, memory unit, 10-turn pot, etc. The R7A
has speaker and all the Drake filters for SWLing and the RV75. I also use
Sherwood's SE-3 Synch Detector with both rigs. I'm contemplating (lighlty)
to sell one of them but I"m having a hard time with choosing. They are both
unique in their own way. Both are 5-Star rated receivers. What do you guys
think?


Doesn't the Drake drift slightly?

Not as much as you do.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

dx(FMLAO)Ace wrote:

Doesn't the Drake drift slightly?


Not as much as you do.

dxAce
Michigan
USA


Your astounding, rapier like wit never ceases to amaze. A few more years
of practice and you may well become as talented as your mentor, cuhulin...




mike

On Sun, 21 May 2006 14:38:09 -0400, dxAce
wrote:



David wrote:

On Sun, 21 May 2006 10:36:54 -0600, "John Berenyi"
wrote:

I have both these rigs fully accessorized. The 515 has the sherwood
filters, speaker, keypad controller, memory unit, 10-turn pot, etc. The R7A
has speaker and all the Drake filters for SWLing and the RV75. I also use
Sherwood's SE-3 Synch Detector with both rigs. I'm contemplating (lighlty)
to sell one of them but I"m having a hard time with choosing. They are both
unique in their own way. Both are 5-Star rated receivers. What do you guys
think?


Doesn't the Drake drift slightly?

Not as much as you do.

Man, I thoiught I was GPS lock steady. Can you point to a specific
deviation?

On Sun, 21 May 2006 18:45:26 GMT, m II wrote:

dx(FMLAO)Ace wrote:

Doesn't the Drake drift slightly?


Not as much as you do.

dxAce
Michigan
USA


Your astounding, rapier like wit never ceases to amaze. A few more years
of practice and you may well become as talented as your mentor, cuhulin...




mike
They say he's a wit and that's 50% correct.

m II wrote:

dx(FMLAO)Ace wrote:

Doesn't the Drake drift slightly?


Not as much as you do.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Your astounding, rapier like wit never ceases to amaze. A few more years
of practice and you may well become as talented as your mentor, cuhulin...

You dumbass Canucks are amazed easily, aren't you?

LMFAO

dxAce
Michigan
USA