[Hallicrafters] FRG-7

[Carl]

Interesting comments Ron.

My only experience was a short loaner back when all I had was a highly 
modified C Line and a similar 75A4 and wanted to listen out of band for a 
few things.

On a very good antenna it fell apart from overload which I also confirmed on 
a few ham bands. Im sure it is fine for a casual user with a hunk of wire 
for an antenna.
Some of those under $100 Chinese radios are amazing performers, at least on 
small antennas, from what Ive been reading.

But since the FRG-7 wasnt built by Hallicrafters we better cut this short.

Carl
KM1H

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Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 3:18 PM
Subject: [Hallicrafters] FRG-7


>
>
> I just had to add my $ .02 worth............
>
> In defense of the Yaesu, I feel it's an excellent older radio. There are 
> 37 'reviews' on eHam. The rating is 4.8 / 5. Pretty darn good. YES, I KNOW 
> these are subjective and anecdotally based reviews, but just take the time 
> to read them and you will get a feel for the radio's strong points.
> Osterman's book rates it 5/5. Same kind of rating as a Collins S Line or 
> the Drake R4-B. The Frog hears anything my well aligned R4-Bs can.
>
> Being a degreed ham for just about 50 years, I have some knowledge. I also 
> have well over 150 radios, mostly receivers. I have 3 Collins, 20+ Drakes 
> (3 R4-Bs and a Sherwood equipped R4-C). Couple of R390As, etc. I also have 
> a huge collection of test equipment (another passion of mine).
>
> I bought my FRG-7 a few years ago, because it was in excellent shape and I 
> was curious what all the glowing reports were about. I was frankly amazed 
> by the performance. Makes me want to throw rocks at my Ten-Tec! POS.
> After a couple of years, I did the Kiwa mods to it, electrolytic cap 
> replacement IF filters, etc. I also did the mod to 'slow down' the Fine 
> Tuning
> control. This control is used in later production..... I use the radio 
> daily to listen to, here in the shack when using the PC.
> I found that a small retouch after a 10 minute warm up, will let you stay 
> tuned into a SSB Net for as long as you want to listen to it, without 
> retuning.
>
> Some people say it's too complicated. Dudes, if you can't figger out how 
> to:
> 1. select the MHz segment
> 2. select the bandswitch (four freq ranges)
> 3. peak the preselector
> then................
> you need to go back to collecting arrowheads or stamps. God forbid, when 
> you go from the CW portion to the SSB portion of a particular band, you 
> might have to (slightly) repeak the preselector!
>
> Recently, I purchased the black, Sears version of this radio. It was in 
> near NIB condition. The previous buyer returned it to the seller, cause he 
> 'couldn't figure out how to use it'. His loss. Radio works perfect.
>
> One last point, using a SCAF audio filter with these radios is an almost 
> unbelievable combo.
>
> And NO, I did not pay very much for either.
>
> regards,
>
> ron
> N4UE
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