[Hallicrafters] FRG-7

[Paul Daulton]

I have never seen a FRG-7 close up but I have owned two Radio Shack 
DX300 which look very similar. Perhaps Yaesu made the Radio Shack 
receivers? They share the same layout and features like the preselector 
and band injection oscillator. 

I bought both at hamfests. One lid sold me one and said it wouldnt 
change bands. He didnt know the band selector was the ring around the 
main tuning. 

Paul k5wms

Quoting bcarling at cfl.rr.com <bcarling at cfl.rr.com>:
> I agree. It is a better radio than many others. 
>
> Sent from myTouch 4G
>
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> Subject: [Hallicrafters] FRG-7
> Date: Fri, Apr 22, 2011 3:18 pm
>
>
>
>
> 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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Paul Daulton K5WMS
beacon WMS 185.302 khz qrss30/slow 24/7
Jacksonville,Ar 72076
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