The following comment grows out of a recent discussion with a couple
of other DXers.
One reason for sticking with anything is familiarity. If you know
every quirk of an R8A, you will be able to use it to the maximum of
its capability; everything else will be down to your DXing skills.
SDR
From: IRCA on behalf of Guy Atkins
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 10:51 PM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] drake r8a for sale
You can actually run most SDRs on much lower priced computer hardware than
you might imagine. The main
You can actually run most SDRs on much lower priced computer hardware than
you might imagine. The main (free) SDR software packages have progressed in
processing efficiency the last few years; I'm specifically thinking of
lower CPU requirements for SDR-Console and SDRuno. IMHO the HDSDR software
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*** My replies to Colin's comments are preceded by asterisks.
>> 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...
*** Elad is about half the price
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> Cc: Mark Connelly
> 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 an
Connelly
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] drake r8a for sale
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...
For me, another strike against is the whole
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...
For me, another strike against is the whole concept of scooping a swath of
spectrum and “listening to” or searching it “later
on irca
have extended.
73s bill brooks
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Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 2:02 PM
To: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Cc: Mark Connelly
Subject: Re: [IRCA] drake r8a for sale
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I have several old school tabletop receivers including Drake R8A and SW8, also
Palstar R30. All excellent radios and former workhorses for me. Basically
they collect dust now. Keeping them for now but will someday think of selling.
When you start using a good SDR such
Some opinions -
My Drake R8 went up in smoke 2 days ago -- the upside is: I am a qualified
electronics technician
with 30+ years experience with a workshop outfitted to work on anything
with transistors, tubes, integrated circuits, surface mount, etc...
I fixed it after ripping it apart - a very
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