[Premium-Rx] Every so often I just have to stop and ask myself

[Raaj Shinde]

Well done, Mac!

I am afraid I too share the same affliction and haven't found a cure yet... :)


On Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 10:17 AM, Mac <libbysales at austin.rr.com> wrote:

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> Subject says it all,  I am damn near 70 years old,  why just why do I have
> this attraction for stand alone RECEIVERS, like most of us, over the years
> at any one time I have had or presently have 1-3-5 + really good receivers.
> These receivers are typically expensive to very expensive $1,000 on the
> low side to 4k plus on the high.. While they had/have many features for
> their day.
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> There is hardly a receiver made today that comes as a part of a quality
> Amateur Transceiver that wont run performance rings around most if not all
> of our PREMIUM Rx's.  The advent of roofing filters,  full DSP features
> throughout the set, size weight and add in reliability all the other
> factors..
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> Yet i still am drawn back to stand alone receivers that are more prone to
> needing expensive repairs take up more desk/rack space and do less. Not
> withstanding less and less to listen to from 100kc -30mhz beyond ham bands.
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> I now have come to also look upon this fine group as a "support group"
>  where friends don't let friends buy and rely on combination
> receivers/transmitters.
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> What started this was the posting several weeks ago from the UK guys
> offering WJ 8711A at i thought a reasonable price, then a friend mentioned
> he was selling his FT-1000D  and i asked myself what would my friends on
> PremRx do...  but i didn't wait,  last night i bought the FT-1000D
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> It must be so very hard to break a truly harmful addiction [drugs/alcohol]
>  if I can't even break my addiction to Premium Rx's  .. I need some sort of
> like a 12 step plan for guys like me ...
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> Thanks for listening.  mac/mc  w5mc
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