Interesting thing about those Collins filters.......................I know
that about a year ago, you could buy them direct from Rockwell Filter
Products, Costa Mesa, Ca for just under 90 dollars, shipped. Some of the
radio manufacturers were selling them for upwards of 120 dollars.

Pete

"starman" wrote in message
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patgkz wrote:

Leave it to Icom....they'll sell you a $1000 receiver for $549 then
charge
you 100-200 per filter.....that's just the way the game is played these
days.

I purchased a like-new Drake R-8 with VHF and accessory speaker for under
$600 on ebay. No extra filters to buy here. Just enjoying great
reception.

It does make me wonder how the Icom filters could be worth what they get
for them. You can buy the legendary Collins mechanical filters for those
prices. Drake made a good decision by using a low second IF (50-Khz)
which permits the use of much less costly LC filters that perform well.

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