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Old May 6th 05, 07:13 AM
 
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Some of you may be bidding on this, but for
those who haven't seen this yet, this is headed
for what I believe will be an absolute record
price for a Drkae R7 -- incredible:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5771495401

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Some of you may be bidding on this, but for
those who haven't seen this yet, this is headed
for what I believe will be an absolute record
price for a Drkae R7 -- incredible:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5771495401

What I do find very interesting about this is that the seller obviously set a
very high reserve to begin with, which has not yet been met.

Seems to me that in the last year or so R7's were selling for $800 or so let's
say and R7A's commanded the over $1000 price.

I did see an ad on rec.radio.swap for some Drake gear which included an R7 so I
emailed the guy and he told me he was asking $1195 for it with 3 filters and the
NB, which I considered to be over priced.

Guess we'll see in another day or so if this particular one sells outright or
whether he might approach the high bidder.

dxAce
Michigan
USA


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Old May 8th 05, 02:19 PM
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dxAce wrote:



dxAce wrote:



wrote:

Some of you may be bidding on this, but for
those who haven't seen this yet, this is headed
for what I believe will be an absolute record
price for a Drkae R7 -- incredible:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5771495401

Ends in just under 2 hours.


Never met the reserve.



dxAce
Michigan
USA




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Old May 8th 05, 08:56 PM
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dxAce wrote:

dxAce wrote:



dxAce wrote:



wrote:

Some of you may be bidding on this, but for
those who haven't seen this yet, this is headed
for what I believe will be an absolute record
price for a Drkae R7 -- incredible:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5771495401

Ends in just under 2 hours.


Never met the reserve.


So how does your R7 perform compared to the R8 and R8B you own?

What filters do you use in the R7 for AM and SSB reception?

What modifications or options does your R7 have in it?

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Telamon wrote:

In article ,
dxAce wrote:

dxAce wrote:



dxAce wrote:



wrote:

Some of you may be bidding on this, but for
those who haven't seen this yet, this is headed
for what I believe will be an absolute record
price for a Drkae R7 -- incredible:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5771495401

Ends in just under 2 hours.


Never met the reserve.


So how does your R7 perform compared to the R8 and R8B you own?


There are times when the R7 is superior due to its 'true' passband tuning. I
never would have pulled Northern Cyprus in on 6150 without it.

What filters do you use in the R7 for AM and SSB reception?


I have the 8, 6, 4, 3 and 2,3 kHz filters in it.

What modifications or options does your R7 have in it?


No mods, but does have the NB and the above filters.

dxAce
Michigan
USA


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Old May 8th 05, 10:43 PM
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One Buyer + One Seller = A Market.

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Old May 8th 05, 11:41 PM
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In article ,
dxAce wrote:

Telamon wrote:

In article ,
dxAce wrote:

dxAce wrote:



dxAce wrote:



wrote:

Some of you may be bidding on this, but for
those who haven't seen this yet, this is headed
for what I believe will be an absolute record
price for a Drkae R7 -- incredible:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5771495401

Ends in just under 2 hours.

Never met the reserve.


So how does your R7 perform compared to the R8 and R8B you own?


There are times when the R7 is superior due to its 'true' passband tuning. I
never would have pulled Northern Cyprus in on 6150 without it.

What filters do you use in the R7 for AM and SSB reception?


I have the 8, 6, 4, 3 and 2,3 kHz filters in it.

What modifications or options does your R7 have in it?


No mods, but does have the NB and the above filters.


Are the filters from Drake or from somewhere else?

Sorry to be pest but do you know what center frequency these filters
operate on? The R8 and R8B are around 50 KHz and if they are Drake stock
filters I was wondering if they were also low frequency IF filters or
something higher?

I was also wondering if you found the noise blanker to be effective but
you are in a fairly low noise area so I suspect you don't know.

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Ventura, California
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Telamon wrote:

In article ,
dxAce wrote:

Telamon wrote:

In article ,
dxAce wrote:

dxAce wrote:



dxAce wrote:



wrote:

Some of you may be bidding on this, but for
those who haven't seen this yet, this is headed
for what I believe will be an absolute record
price for a Drkae R7 -- incredible:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=5771495401

Ends in just under 2 hours.

Never met the reserve.

So how does your R7 perform compared to the R8 and R8B you own?


There are times when the R7 is superior due to its 'true' passband tuning. I
never would have pulled Northern Cyprus in on 6150 without it.

What filters do you use in the R7 for AM and SSB reception?


I have the 8, 6, 4, 3 and 2,3 kHz filters in it.

What modifications or options does your R7 have in it?


No mods, but does have the NB and the above filters.


Are the filters from Drake or from somewhere else?


All are Drake except the 3 kHz filter which is from Sherwood Engineering though
I'm certain he had those made up by someone else.

Sorry to be pest but do you know what center frequency these filters
operate on? The R8 and R8B are around 50 KHz and if they are Drake stock
filters I was wondering if they were also low frequency IF filters or
something higher?


They are centered around 5.695 MHz or so as I recall.

I was also wondering if you found the noise blanker to be effective but
you are in a fairly low noise area so I suspect you don't know.


The noise blanker is effective, though I rarely have to use it. Generally the S
meters sit on S1 or below here during the day, even with several hundred feet of
wire connected to the receivers. If it goes up, I pick up the phone and call the
local Board of Public Works.

dxAce
Michigan
USA


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