I think these are going up in value. I should have bought one when they were
under $1000.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...88627 41&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/

"Brian Hill" wrote in message ...
I think these are going up in value. I should have bought one when they were
under $1000.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...88627 41&rd=1

I've also noticed that the ebay price of the Sony ICF-SW77 has
increased considerably since this model was discontinued. One in very
good condition sold yesterday for just a little over $450.

Steve

Brian Hill wrote:

I think these are going up in value. I should have bought one when they were
under $1000.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...88627 41&rd=1


I can never figure out why the R7A's go for so much when the R7 sells for much less.

They are the same radio! The ONLY difference was that in the R7A some accessory's
came as standard.

I'll be keeping my R7.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

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says...


Brian Hill wrote:

I think these are going up in value. I should have bought one when they were
under $1000.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...88627 41&rd=1


I can never figure out why the R7A's go for so much when the R7 sells for much less.

They are the same radio! The ONLY difference was that in the R7A some accessory's
came as standard.

I'll be keeping my R7.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Wasn't the R7A supposed to be more stable?? I thought
that was the main difference. My friend's R7 took a long
time to settle down when first turned on...

BDK

BDK wrote:

In article ,
says...


Brian Hill wrote:

I think these are going up in value. I should have bought one when they were
under $1000.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...88627 41&rd=1


I can never figure out why the R7A's go for so much when the R7 sells for much less.

They are the same radio! The ONLY difference was that in the R7A some accessory's
came as standard.

I'll be keeping my R7.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Wasn't the R7A supposed to be more stable?? I thought
that was the main difference. My friend's R7 took a long
time to settle down when first turned on...

Not that I've ever heard. The only real difference was the fact that the R7A came with the
NB7A noise blanker as standard, along with the 500 khz filter, and there was a wire jumper
across the filter board giving '9 kHz' selectivity.

If there was any slight stability enhancement it would have been minor, and easily
retro-fitted. I've never seen anything pertaining to that.

Yes, they do drift a bit up to warm-up... but that is what a tuning knob is for!

Listening to BBC 15190 at the moment on my R7 with 8 kHz filter in place.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

dxAce wrote:



BDK wrote:

In article ,
says...


Brian Hill wrote:

I think these are going up in value. I should have bought one when they
were
under $1000.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...88627 41&rd=1



I can never figure out why the R7A's go for so much when the R7 sells for
much less.

They are the same radio! The ONLY difference was that in the R7A some
accessory's
came as standard.

I'll be keeping my R7.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



Wasn't the R7A supposed to be more stable?? I thought
that was the main difference. My friend's R7 took a long
time to settle down when first turned on...

Not that I've ever heard. The only real difference was the fact that the R7A
came with the NB7A noise blanker as standard, along with the 500 khz filter,
and there was a wire jumper across the filter board giving '9 kHz'
selectivity.

If there was any slight stability enhancement it would have been minor, and
easily retro-fitted. I've never seen anything pertaining to that.

Yes, they do drift a bit up to warm-up... but that is what a tuning knob is
for!

I've taken to running my R7 from a seperate 12 volt supply, which cuts down on
internal heating, by the way.



Listening to BBC 15190 at the moment on my R7 with 8 kHz filter in place.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

"dxAce" wrote in message

I can never figure out why the R7A's go for so much when the R7 sells for
much less.
They are the same radio! The ONLY difference was that in the R7A some
accessory's came as standard.
I'll be keeping my R7.
dxAce
Michigan
USA

Hum? I didn't know that. Ive always looked at them all as R-7s. I like the
R-7s and have always wanted one. They always struck me as a serious looking
peice of equipment. If I could find one for $600-800 I would probably buy
it.
--
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/

wrote:


I think these are going up in value. I should have bought one when they were
under $1000.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&item=57288627
41&rd=1




I'm not suggesting that the seller is trying to pull a fast one, but he should
have tuned the radio to 28.888.8 mhz so we could at least see that all the LED
segments are working.

The R7(A) is indeed a fantastic radio. I have one. Yes, it drifts a bit, but
unless you're into RTTY or something, who cares? I love the analog tuning with
digital readout. It's the best of both worlds. And it's a real head-turner, a
beautiful looking rig.

In article ,
says...

"dxAce" wrote in message

I can never figure out why the R7A's go for so much when the R7 sells for
much less.
They are the same radio! The ONLY difference was that in the R7A some
accessory's came as standard.
I'll be keeping my R7.
dxAce
Michigan
USA

Hum? I didn't know that. Ive always looked at them all as R-7s. I like the
R-7s and have always wanted one. They always struck me as a serious looking
peice of equipment. If I could find one for $600-800 I would probably buy
it.


I passed up a really nice one at the Findlay, OH hamfest
about 6 or 7 years ago. Looked brand new, had the noise
blanker and had just been aligned at Drake. It was fired
up and listening to 20m. $500, and I had the cash in my
pocket. I had, at that time, a JRC 515, 525, a Kenwood
R5000 and Yaesu Frg-7000 and a 7700. I got the two
Yaesu's very cheap, from a dead ham's estate sale. They
reeked of tobacco (pipes judging by the odd sweet
smell), but were both nearly mint otherwise.

The R5000 was a fixer-upper, and had a blown speaker and
a bad solder joint in the PS section. I sold all three
of them a year later, and just two would have more than
paid for the R7. I sold the R5000 for $450 in one day to
a friend who still has it.

Now I'm thinking about selling my $59 Icom R71A!! It's a
plain stocker, no options. Works great, looks good, not
perfect. Has no PBT/Notch knobs. They were destroyed by
the former owner when trying to clean some kind of goo
off the knobs. Ate them all up. Can't find a
replacement. Anywhere. I got the radio for $59 cause it
was dead. PS had two bad, real bad solder joints. TWO
repair places missed the problem! He had 450+ bucks in
it and I told him I would buy it, just to mess with. He
sent it 2nd day air for $59. Since it was almost totally
dead (it would turn on every so often and work ok for a
few minutes or so), I knew where to start looking.

I had it fired up and listening to a kook preacher in
less than an hour, and most of that time was spent
cleaning it up, and trying to get the cigarette smell
out of it. I didn't succeed, but for less than 60 bucks,
I'll take the smell..

I'm gonna regret selling it, but the $300 or so will buy
a nice video card..and I'm needing one..

BDK