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BDK[_2_] · June 14th 07, 10:16 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

In article .com,
says...
On Jun 13, 1:00 am, BDK wrote:
In article ,
says...

BDK wrote:

In article ,
says...
On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 03:24:31 -0400, BDK wrote:

In article ,
says...
That's the "Buy it now", not the reserve.

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 17:18:04 -0400, "Paul Zak" wrote:

$700 reserve price, wow!

Still too high, I paid less than that for a nearly mint Kenwood TS-
850sat recently.

First, it's none of your business what the seller asks -- if you don't like it,
don't bid on it.

LOL, you need to relax, and calm down. I'm assuming you're the seller
maybe? If not sit down and chill a little.

Secondly, "too high" depends on whether or not it sells at that price, not your
(or my) opinion.

Please get a life. If you aren't the seller, why are you so upset?

Thirdly, the price of one Kenwood has very little to do with the value of a
different model.

Since the TS850S is a much better receiver than a R5000 (if you dispute
that, well, it's your opinion alone, for the most part), AND has a 100
watt transmitter in the same box, it should be worth more.

I've owned 2 R5000's. Nice audio, but $700 is just not a realistic price
for a 20 year old, or close to it, receiver that runs very hot on AC
power.

I'm not so sure about the 'very hot' part. I've had one, didn't run hot, nor does the
Drake R8 series which some think run to hot...

...and now, back Michael Savage.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

I guess the mods to move the regulators to the outside were just for
grins, right? I had two of them, and they ran way too hot on AC power
for my tastes. Those regulators were super hot.

Super hot?????????? Not hardly.

If you would have taken
the cover off, it was more than obvious. I wonder how many R5000's
failed due to one of those regs cooking itself to death.

I haven't heard of one. The receiver has been around since 1987 so I
would assume that stories of R5000 receivers burning up from "super
heat" would be all over the net by now. How many failures have you
read of that are traceable to overheating. Indeed how many of those
receivers have failed for any reason. Not many in my experience.

I don't know how many failed, but I've touched those regulators and they
were hot enough to burn my fingers. In my book, that's too hot! You may
disagree, but for me, it was a good reason to run it on 12 volts. Just
like my Icom R7100 another hot runner on AC power, it ran too hot for
it's own good.

BDK

BDK[_2_] · June 14th 07, 10:21 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

In article . com,
says...
On Jun 14, 3:01 am, JeroenK wrote:
Roadie wrote:
If you would have taken
the cover off, it was more than obvious. I wonder how many R5000's
failed due to one of those regs cooking itself to death.

I haven't heard of one. The receiver has been around since 1987 so I
would assume that stories of R5000 receivers burning up from "super
heat" would be all over the net by now. How many failures have you
read of that are traceable to overheating. Indeed how many of those
receivers have failed for any reason. Not many in my experience.

Dont know either, but I know mine ran HOT. And just for the lost energy
alone it was enough for me to decide and buy an external 13,8v supply.
Now I can safely put something on top of the rx again (like a logbook or
guide) without having to worry about all that heat...

--
JeroenK

And I've owned stereos that put out some heat but ran for years. The
real question is whether Kenwood engineers considered the heat in the
radio design. Given the radio's excellent design, high performance
and record of reliability I suspect they did. The radio was well
vented so the heat was dissipated.

And that excellent design, did it extend to the stock wide AM filter?

LOL.

If the part normally runs so hot it will burn fingers, that's too hot!
And that's with the case off. I've never had a stereo amp or receiver
that ran as hot as both my R5000's did, and I've had a lot of equipment
over the 40+ years since I bought my first stereo receiver in 1966.

BDK

BDK[_2_] · June 14th 07, 10:25 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap

In article .com, rhf-
says...
On Jun 13, 3:05 pm, pltrgyst wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:16:28 -0400, BDK wrote:
LOL! Someone used the buy it now! Amazing.

...and same buyer bought another one for AU 796 in April.

-- Larry

Then I guess my two Kenwood R-5000 Receivers
plus the Kenwood YK88-A1 AM Filters with the
Original Boxes and Manuals are still holding their
Value ) ~ RHF
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. .

It's like some of the gun auctions, some guns get prices way too high
for a while, then they drop down to a decent amount, and then rise
again. I lucked out and got 3 of the last ones I bought on the "low
side". One of them, in the same condition mine is just sold for over
$125 higher. Makes me happy to see that, unless I'm bidding.

BDK

BDK[_2_] · June 14th 07, 10:30 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave,rec.radio.swap

In article , says...
RHF wrote:
On Jun 13, 3:05 pm, pltrgyst wrote:
On Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:16:28 -0400, BDK wrote:
LOL! Someone used the buy it now! Amazing.
...and same buyer bought another one for AU 796 in April.

-- Larry

Then I guess my two Kenwood R-5000 Receivers
plus the Kenwood YK88-A1 AM Filters with the
Original Boxes and Manuals are still holding their
Value ) ~ RHF

If anyone has one of those inrad (or original kenwood) AM filters for
sale for the r5000 I'm still looking for one...

One of my R5000s didn't have the replacement filter when I got it, I
hoped it wouldn't be as bad as I heard it was without it, but I was
wrong, it was horrible. I got the Kenwood one, YK88 (I think) for $75 at
a local hamfest from some old guy. The box looked horrible, and he was
kind of one of those guys who always has a ton of HF rigs for high
prices, but I went for it anyway, and it worked perfectly. I made money
on it when I sold it about a year later.

Maybe Ebay might have one for a sane price..

BDK

Roadie · June 15th 07, 04:15 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

On Jun 14, 8:32 pm, RHF wrote:
On Jun 14, 5:12 pm, Roadie wrote:

On Jun 14, 2:33 pm, RHF wrote:

On Jun 14, 10:28 am, Roadie wrote:

On Jun 14, 12:58 pm, RHF wrote:

On Jun 14, 4:56 am, Roadie wrote:

On Jun 14, 3:01 am, JeroenK wrote:

Roadie wrote:
If you would have taken
the cover off, it was more than obvious. I wonder how many R5000's
failed due to one of those regs cooking itself to death.

I haven't heard of one. The receiver has been around since 1987 so I
would assume that stories of R5000 receivers burning up from "super
heat" would be all over the net by now. How many failures have you
read of that are traceable to overheating. Indeed how many of those
receivers have failed for any reason. Not many in my experience.

Dont know either, but I know mine ran HOT. And just for the lost energy
alone it was enough for me to decide and buy an external 13,8v supply.
Now I can safely put something on top of the rx again (like a logbook or
guide) without having to worry about all that heat...

--
JeroenK

And I've owned stereos that put out some heat but ran for years. The
real question is whether Kenwood engineers considered the heat in the
radio design. Given the radio's excellent design, high performance
and record of reliability I suspect they did. The radio was well
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Roadie,

Some peope who own the Kenwood R-5000 Receiver
have reported 'internal' Component Failures that they
reasonably believed were caused by the Receiver
Running HOT ! - - - IIRC usually these Failures were
"Fails to Power-On" and 'The Fix' was the replacement
of Components in the 'built-in' AC-to-DC Power Supply.

But - The vast majority of Kenwood R-5000 Receiver
Owners/Users have had many years of Trouble-Free
Operation of the Receiver all the time while the Receiver
was Running HOT ! - By Design -is- not necessarily a
design flaw.

QUESTION - Are you 'interested' in the Kenwood R-5000
(R5000) Communications Receiver ?
? Want-to-know-more-about-the-Kewnwood-R-5000 ?
KENWOOD =http://groups.yahoo.com/group/*kenwood-r5000/
.
Then you are "Invited to Join" the Kenwood R-5000 (R5000)
Communications Receiver Group on YAHOO !
R-5000 =http://groups.yahoo.com/group/*kenwood-r5000/
.
NOTE - Many consider the Kenwood R-5000 (R5000)
Communications Receiver to be 'the last' and 'the best'
Full Coverage Receiver made by Kenwood. {I Agree }
R5000 =http://groups.yahoo.com/group/*kenwood-r5000/
.
this is rhf - some would if they could . . .
while i simply kenwood . ~ RHF
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Already a member, thanks. It's one of the more informative Yahoo
groups. I've tried unsuccessfully several times to join the 2100/2200
group. Each time it gets into an endless loop of asking me to verfy
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- - Roadie - 2100/2200 group ?
- - What is the Manufactures Name and Model ? ~ RHF
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- Redsun
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Roadie,

You mean the Redsun RP2100 / RP2000 Radio Group at YAHOO !http://groups.yahoo.com/group/redsun...-rp2000-radio/

The Only Restriction for the Redsun RP2100 / RP2000
Radio Group at YAHOO ! -is- That a New Members first few
Messages may be Moderated.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/redsun...-rp2000-radio/

Membership is Open To All - Who Wish To :
* Read The Currect Messages
* Read The Archive of Messages
* Post a Message and reply to a Message
NOTE - This Is Not A Public Group {eMail List}
Membership Is Required To Do The Above.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/redsun...-rp2000-radio/

all things in moderation ~ RHF
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I'll give it another try.

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