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

[Raymond Boute]

I'd have to ask the price, which means I can't afford it.

Raymond

At 21:36 2014-03-11, W4NJ wrote:
>This may sound self serving if not verbose but I 
>made a deal with her recently
. I’ll sell off 
>the entire collection if I can have one receiver 
>and one receiver only
..an R&S EB500. She 
>unwittingly or should I say unknowingly, agreed. 
>So the EB500 is here now and the soon to be sold 
>stablemates are being slowly divested.
>
>Win win? Who knows. Time will tell I suppose. 
>Oh, by the way, I will be missing a few 12 Step meetings gang.
>
>Cliff - W4NJ
>
>On Mar 11, 2014, at 4:30 PM, Les Locklear <leslocklear at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > This affliction has probably reached "Black 
> Plague" proportions when you consider the numbers that are afflicted
> > and the numbers of receivers that each of us 
> had pass through our hands in that quest for the "Holy Grail." We
> > all know it isn't out there, yet "just one 
> more receiveritis" has set in and there is no known cure. Many years ago
> > I compiled a list with make, model number and 
> serial number and whether it had been sold/traded. I didn't start
> > that list until a few dozen had already 
> passed through. I have 144 listed and, sad to say only one remains in the
> > house. That being a highly modified Icom 
> IC-746, loaded with filters and modded for dc to daylight operation.
> >
> > Like Mac, age (70) and a realization that no 
> such magical receiver exists, my one time vast collection has disappeared.
> > But, what a ride, I have tried just about 
> everything that I desired and lots of middle of the road receivers. Some
> > disappointed, some enthralled, Eddystone, 
> TMC, Collins, Hammarlund, National, Drake, Ten Tec, Yaesu, JRC, Hallicrafters,
> > AOR, Lowe, Lafayette, Allied. Echophone, R.F. 
> Harris, Siemens, Icom, RCA, Racal, Military Receivers, R-390/URR (no non-A's),
> > R-390A/URR (over 30) SP-600's (21) R-725, 
> R-1051B, D and G, R-388 and R-388A, Palstar, Eton, and some lesser forgotten
> > orphans.
> >
> > I do still have two 1936 Zeniths, a 1940 
> Philco and a 1940 RCA19K console that has spectacular audio and works very well
> > on the shortwave bands.
> >
> > My wife will have an easy job when I'm 
> gone....................................
> >
> > Les Locklear
> >
> > "You can have a college degree and legitimate
> > parents and still be a dumb bastard."
> >
> > Unknown.......
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Mac
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2014 9:17 AM
> > To: Premium-Rx at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: [Premium-Rx] Every so often I just have to stop and ask myself
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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..
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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
> >
> > 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 ...
> >
> > Thanks for listening.  mac/mc  w5mc
> >
> >
> >
> >
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