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WOW!
Good job Lou.
I'm always looking out for you.
73 De Anthony W2AJV
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ECHOLINK NODE NUMBER: 74389
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: A Replacement for an Icom R71 Receiver
> Hi.
>
> It's gone--it left last Saturday.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
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>
>
> At 05:38 PM 8/1/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hi Martin;
>>
>>Lou Klein was selling a Drake receiver.
>>
>>You might want to contact Lou to see if it is still available.
>>
>>73 De Anthony W2AJV
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>>ECHOLINK NODE NUMBER: 74389
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>> From: Martin McCormick=20
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 4:25 PM
>> Subject: A Replacement for an Icom R71 Receiver
>>
>>
>> I am looking for a communications receiver to replace my
>> aging ICR71 which I have had for about 22 years of generally
>> great service on HF. I run separate transmit and receive so I
>> only need to worry about receiver quality in this decision.
>>
>> What I have in mind is something with generally the same
>> capabilities as the ICR71 with hopefully a serial interface that
>> I can use with a computer.
>>
>> I have a Uniden BC780 scanner which I can fully control
>> with the exception of things like volume and squelch from a
>> Linux computer. The serial commands are turse, but not hard to
>> master.
>>
>> It would be nice to have that same capability on HF.
>> Also, if the HF receiver had that serial interface, it wouldn't
>> matter so much if it had an on-board speech output since the
>> computer could read the information one needed and its speech
>> synthesizer would tell you what frequency was being heard.
>>
>> I seem to remember the ICR71 was around 600 Dollars so I
>> am figuring on needing to spend something similar. I think
>> every 20 to 25 years, it's time for a newer receiver.
>>
>> The R71 is still working, but getting really strange
>> glitches in its behavior, probably due to electrolytic
>> capacitors reaching the end of their lives.
>>
>> Any suggestions are appreciated.
>>
>> Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK=20
>> Systems Engineer
>> OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group
>>
>>
>>
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>>4:53 PM
>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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