[Premium-Rx] 2282A

[peter Patton]

Hi Frank,
Purely subjective I guess. I didn't compare specs; I have my radios set 
up in my ham shack and can switch antennas to compare them. I guess I 
like the Plessey because:
1. It is only 16" deep and doesnt take up the whole desk
2. It is georgeous
3. It receives any station in frequency guides I punch up on it and has 
a two speed knob for searching the band
4. Often it will get a weak signal when the others will not
5. It is easy to use and it sounds good.
I used to think  the Collins Rx in the KWM 380 and its separate 451S-1 
version were the best radios I had ever heard but I like the Plessey 
better.  Collins seems to be easing out of the HF comm business so I 
sold my Collins gear except for one HF-80 station and am now using the 
Harris  RF-350K Trx and the Sunair 9000. The latter is a very 
sophisticated little radio but the Rx doesn't sound as good to me as the 
one in the Harris 350.
One of the best radios I ever owned  was the National HRO-600 but I 
traded if for a JRC 9250. That was a mistake! I used to send in my 
HRO-600 signal reports to SW BC stations all over the world and get back 
not just qsl cards and letters, but requests to become an "official 
listner"  (what ever that is?) and make regular signal reports. Maybe it 
was because I could provide microvolts/sq m and not just S readings?
Pete W0EWQ


Carcia, Frank A. HS wrote:

>I wonder why you think it was better?
>Does it have better dynamic range, MDS
>audio quality??? I just don't see why
>this radio costs so much. Then there is
>the parts issue. Plessey is gone isn't it? fc
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: peter Patton [mailto:pcpatton at comcast.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 8:42 AM
>To: premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org
>Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] 2282A
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>I bought a Plessey 2282A from M&B two years ago for $2800, sent by Fedex 
>@ $220 plus US  customs but it was damaged in transit. I sent it back to 
>Craig (another $220 FedEx) who repaired it and billed FedEx $700 for the 
>repairs. He sent it back to me (another $220) plus this time FedEx 
>demanded another $35 customs for the $700 repairs. I had some fun with 
>the twit who did this to me by arguing that they broke the radio and 
>they paid for the repairs with their $700, and they shouldn't have 
>allowed any US customs on the repairs anyway, so in any case they should 
>pay the $35 fee.  Bureaucrats have no sense of humor. She stiffly 
>asserted that the repairs were made to my radio and were now part of it 
>so I must pay the custom fee whether it was correctly applied or not. 
>She offered no appeal, if I didn't agree to pay she would keep the 
>radio.  So, this is how my $2800 radio came to be "worth" $3500. And 
>worth it, it is. I had a Racal 6780 and a Harris 590 and a Collins 
>851S-2 but I think the Plessey 2282A is the best radio of the lot.  I 
>sold the Racal and Harris. I am keeping the Collins only because it 
>matches an HF-80 station I have built up from surplus HF-80 components. 
>I was going to keep the Harris because it matched a Harris RF-350-K 
>station but the Rx in the Harris 350 Trx is so good  that I decided to 
>forego a tuning knob and sold the 590. I don't know if the 350 Rx is the 
>same circuit as the 590 but is is surely the best Rx I have ever 
>listened to 20M SSB on!
>Pete Patton W0EWQ
>St Paul, MN
>
>Michael John Holme wrote:
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>>M&B Radio have a at least a couple, or did a month ago. They  told me
>>they wanted £1500 sterling for them (about $2300). I to can't understand
>>this $4000 price.
>> 
>>Mike
>> 
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