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Re: [IRCA] CO TP Report 9/27/18
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] CO TP Report 9/27/18
- From: "R. Colin Newell" <coffeecanuck@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:53:11 -0700
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Bogey would have TOTALLY been a medium wave DXer -- I'd say a
*Hallicrafters* or *Hammarlund* receiver...
OK - I'll totally go out on a limb here and declare that Humphrey Bogart
would have been a *Hammarlund* owner...
much more manly-man that the *Hallicrafters*... take that Halli users...
On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 9:34 AM C B via IRCA <irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> An OK morning for TPs in CO. I did a preliminary comparison between my
> Elad FDM-S2 and the Drake R8A. *As Bogey said "This could be the
> beginning of a beautiful friendship".* I started with comparing the two
> JJ powerhouses, JOUB and JOIB. The Drake had weak, barely discernable audio
> with both the ALA 1530ln and the NW Corner-Fed loop. The Elad produced fair
> to good audio readily understandable to a JJ speaker. I did not expect the
> difference to be so evident. I had my R8A serviced a couple of years ago by
> a former Drake tech, so while a bit long in the tooth, it's working fine.
> More to come....
> This morning's results:
> 594 JOAK w/male in JJ weak (w/Elad, just a het w/Drake)
> 747 JOIB w/male in JJ good (w/Elad, weaker w/Drake)
> 774 JOUB w/male in JJ good (w/Elad, weaker w/Drake)
> 828 JOBB w/ weak audio (w/Elad, threshold audio w/Drake)
> A decent assortment of hets.
> 73 and Best of DX,
> Craig Barnes Wheat Ridge, CO
> Elad FDM-S2, Drake R8A, ALA 1530ln, NW Corner-Fed loop, Quantum Phaser
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Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com
<http://www.Coffeecrew.com> and DXer.ca <http://www.DXer.ca> -
VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada
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