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Offline myteaquinn

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Sometimes you can't leave religion out of our hobby.
« on: April 11, 2018, 0109 UTC »
Well I finally found The Holy Grail.

Drake R8B AM SW Ham Radio Receiver ***Deluxe Shortwave Unit*** RARE Holy Grail

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Drake-R8B-AM-SW-Ham-Radio-Receiver-Deluxe-Shortwave-Unit-RARE-Holy-Grail/282914625084?hash=item41df06963c:g:E~MAAOSwaVRax8Gn

And so reasonably priced. If the auction has ended it's possible that there will be a box on my door step within the week.

hallelujah
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Re: Sometimes you can't leave religion out of our hobby.
« Reply #1 on: April 11, 2018, 0232 UTC »
You're lucky. I got the R-8A way back when. A free "Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch" didn't come with those.
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Re: Sometimes you can't leave religion out of our hobby.
« Reply #2 on: April 11, 2018, 1001 UTC »
But can it pick up WABC inside the Mt. Kisco A&P?
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Re: Sometimes you can't leave religion out of our hobby.
« Reply #3 on: May 06, 2018, 1134 UTC »
Wasn't it the uber Dx'er, Harold Frodge, who herniated himself trying to lug a Collins 390 into a md-winter dx expedition site through deep snow in the last decade?

Harold is one of my favorite dx'er's, but there were times I don't think he thought things through? Is he still running loose?
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Re: Sometimes you can't leave religion out of our hobby.
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2018, 1606 UTC »
$388 isn't bad for a clean b model. I had sn #28 off the line, wish I still had it. They don't have the highs in the audio the same era jrc's do, however, I suppose this is due the need for serious rolloff when using lc filters to get any really steep skirts. I hated the fact a friend's 535 sounded crystal clear on the same sig where my r8 sounded muddy.
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