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Re: [IRCA] drake r8a for sale ... and SDRs

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Colin and Bob,

This is a great discussion. A couple of years ago I had my Drake R8A given the once over by a gentleman who I believe was a former Drake service tech. I too am enamored with the tactile, knob twisting, button pushing actions. My DXing forays to Hawaii and recently to Rockworks on the OR coast have also made me a big fan of the âSuperchargedâ ultralights coupled with the âFrequent Flyerâ FSLs ingeniously developed by Gary DeBock. I have had an Elad FDM-S2 that I have not pressed into service yet. I am probably going to try it this fall. During brief, variable and glorious propagation openings, I am lured by the option of recording the entire BCB band so as not to miss any DX. TP and TA propagation is not exactly commonplace here in the hinterlands.

73 and Best of DX,

Craig Barnes
Wheat Ridge, CO



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> On Aug 13, 2018, at 7:22 PM, Bob Coomler <w7swl@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Colin,
> Keep an open mind.  I have a Winradio G31 SDR.  I have never used the recording feature (I'm strictly a real time listener), love it's features, have found it to be great for portable operations. And I'm retired.  :-)  I previously had a thoroughly modified Icom R75 and it took a lot (A LOT!) of soul searching to make the change, but no regrets.  I miss the tactile finger tip and visual experiences, but my ears are happy.
> Bob Coomler W7SWLTucson, AZ
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>      From: R. Colin Newell <coffeecanuck@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> Cc: Mark Connelly <markwa1ion@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 12:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] drake r8a for sale
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> All good comments - my current reluctance to join the SDR crowd is the expense of buying a Perseus and then getting a laptop with enough horsepower to operate it... 
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> For me, another strike against is the whole concept of scooping a swath of spectrum and âlistening toâ or searching it âlater on...â
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> I work - and I have zero time for hunching over a laptop and snooping through WAV files looking for DX that happened 8-12 hours earlier. 
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> Maybe when Iâm retired. 
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> I am amped about getting a BeagleBone webSDR up an running from my QTH but was choked when I looked at how expensive it was to get one to CANADA.... around twice the price of one in the USA.
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> Iâll revisit that soon - the idea of having a self contained web receiver with a dedicated processor is appealing. Having an SDR that is dÃpendant on the whims of Bill Gates and Windows holds ZERO appeal. Unlink thà receiver concept from a Windows O/S and Iâm in. 
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> Colin Newell - Victoria - B.C. CANADA -
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