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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