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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > -- Colin Newell - Editor and creator *of *Coffeecrew.com <http://www.Coffeecrew.com> and DXer.ca <http://www.DXer.ca> - VA7WWV | Twitter @CoffeeCrew | Victoria - Canada _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
