WOW!

Good job Lou.

I'm always looking out for you.

73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- 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
> 
> 
> 
> 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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>>
>>   ----- 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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> 
> Louis Kim Kline
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