Oh hey, I really love the Drake twins, had an r4A and T4X for many hears and 
wish I'd have had a chance to see or use the r4C, though don't know what the 
benefit would have been except, maybe more solid state? I am always amazed 
at that rig, even now. What a sweet outfit.



Curtis Delzer


W B 6 H E F
p.s. use to run the swap net on 40 meters occasionally back in the seventies 
with K6KZI and Clarence in Sacramento, would get on and read my lists I got 
on 2 meters.)


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 15, 2007 2:28 AM
Subject: Re: ham fests


By way of being contrary, I must rebut:


>> Just returned from a local ham fest.  Never saw such a pile of
>> semiworthless
>> trash in my life.  I think the most current radio for sale was a
>> ts830.


Umm. Well, one man's trash and all that. I think you'd be hard
pressed to find a radio with better slop bucket audio than the
TS-830. OK, maybe the TS-520. Does "not current" automagically equal
"trash"? I'd put some older rigs up against many modern ones any day
of the week. For instance, sentimental fondness aside, The Drake R4B/
T4XB twins, especially the receiver, could fare well against many
modern radios most of us use, and it's even older than the above-
mentioneD Kenwood.

As for the laptops, find yOU one that works except the screen and
you'd have a good deal :-)
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