read the reviews !!!!!

http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/8

that's gotta be a joke
Was it posted on April 1st?
I've owned both a FRG7 and a Drake R8B and they are in a different class
altogether.
--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
RX Drake R8B, SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D GE SRIII
BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A.
Hallicrafters SX-100, Eddystone 940
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

"mike maghakian" wrote in message
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read the reviews !!!!!

http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/8

These are 'value for money' reviews, not objective performance reviews. See
the Sangean ATS808 outvalues both with a 5 average rating but we know that
it would be far below the R8B in performance. Since anybody can submit a
review, the whole rating system is suspect but one would hope that the more
reviews submitted the closer the average will reflect popular opinion.
Comparing these average 'value ratings' for receivers in the same price
class might be significant but, even then, a spread of 0.2 (4.8 vs 4.6) is
not, even with a very large number of reviews. There are only around 20 for
each.

Tom

"John Plimmer" wrote in message
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that's gotta be a joke
Was it posted on April 1st?
I've owned both a FRG7 and a Drake R8B and they are in a different class
altogether.
--
John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
RX Drake R8B, SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D GE SRIII
BW XCR 30, Braun T1000, Sangean 818 & 803A.
Hallicrafters SX-100, Eddystone 940
GE circa 50's radiogram
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop
http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

"mike maghakian" wrote in message
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read the reviews !!!!!

http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/8

Many of these are not "expert" opinions nor are they based on absolute
performance. A lot has to do with the price of the radio for the
performance (bang for the buck), and in general how happy these people are
with their radio in the real world. I find these reviews valuable, but you
have to understand what they are.


"mike maghakian" wrote in message
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read the reviews !!!!!

http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/8

actually I get my best opinions from ebay.

the sellers there tell me how rare a radio is and how well it compares to
radios they are not selling








"Unrevealed Source" wrote in message
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Many of these are not "expert" opinions nor are they based on absolute
performance. A lot has to do with the price of the radio for the
performance (bang for the buck), and in general how happy these people are
with their radio in the real world. I find these reviews valuable, but
you
have to understand what they are.


"mike maghakian" wrote in message
...
read the reviews !!!!!

http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/8

As with any review eham reviews present the opinion of the writer. I
find eham reviews useful with the understanding that not all owners
have the same technical experience.

Still, no harm buying one and comparing. I need a decent analog to compare
to the R75 and the SW8. Never owned a frog.
"John S." wrote in message
oups.com...
As with any review eham reviews present the opinion of the writer. I
find eham reviews useful with the understanding that not all owners
have the same technical experience.

I owned the FRG-7 sold under the Sears name. It was a decent receiver,
and a reasonably good performer in it's day. Because it's design is
dated, tuning around is more complicated than it should be, the
receiver has only 1 filter of average selectivity, etc.

The ongoing hype surrounding the FRG-7 inflates it's image beyond it's
capabilities and as a consequence it is usually overpriced on Ebay.




Namikis wrote:
Still, no harm buying one and comparing. I need a decent analog to
compare
to the R75 and the SW8. Never owned a frog.
"John S." wrote in message
oups.com...
As with any review eham reviews present the opinion of the writer.
I
find eham reviews useful with the understanding that not all owners
have the same technical experience.