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Re: [IRCA] Receivers and DXing in the future/Palstar for 2006
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] Receivers and DXing in the future/Palstar for 2006
- From: Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 04:18:17 -0800 (PST)
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--- Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Russ,
>
> I will not even consider a radio without a noise blanker, living
> close
> to electric fencing. But for under $1,000 and an analog receiver, it
> should be a quiet radio I would think. I did not know that it was
> going
> to be 12 months out as Paul said he was going to release it in 2006.
> If
> I was looking for a receiver today, I would look at the R8/R8A/R8B
> units
> in the used market like Grove or Universal. At least you would get a
> guarantee. I am still sold on the R8s.
>
>
*** I've briefly used Drakes and am certainly impressed. But the prices
used for even the R8 have increased so much since the announcements
were made that the series was being discontinued that I can't justify a
used Drake ( and unless you can see it and check it out in person,
condition is always a gamble ) at those prices vs. a new Palstar, which
Gerry Thomas' comparisons suggest is right in the same ballpark in most
respects, when it's cheaper or about the same price as most of the R8's
out there used. And for me the extremely compact size of the Palstar is
also an attraction.
But as I said before - I'm not in the situation you are, and if I were,
I'd be looking for a noise blanker as well, although I understand there
are some good separate units available as well.
Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20ID
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop
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