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 BarnesWheat Ridge, CO
Elad FDM-S2, Drake R8A, ALA 1530ln, NW Corner-Fed loop, Quantum Phaser