[R-390] EK-07 Appreciation Tour

[Veenstra, Lester]

Or more to the point, prior to the appreciation tour, what performance
areas does the R&S EK-07 stand out from the "390"'s. And, are any of the
standout performances measurable in a defined test procedure.
Thanks
   Les  K1YCM/3  (R-390, R-391, R-390A, FRR-59, R-9000)

Lester Veenstra
Senior Engineering Program Manager
Intelsat General
6550 Rock Springs Drive, Suite 450
Bethesda Maryland, 20817
+1-301-571-1212
e-mail: lester.veenstra at intelsatgeneral.com
 

-----Original Message-----
From: r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:r-390-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John KA1XC
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 11:35 AM
To: R-390 reflector
Subject: [R-390] EK-07 Appreciation Tour

> The R&S EK-07 still wins hands down PERIOD.
> Hank
> KN6DI

Hi Hank,
you know I believe you, but the problem is that those receivers are so
darn
rare I've never ever seen one except on Ebay and in the article
published in
Electric Radio a while ago. So outside of yourself and a handful of
hardcore
tube radio collectors nobody understands how good they are. And the
multi-Kbuck price tag is another thing; for that kind of  loot I'm
thinking
I'd have more fun putting down a payment on an old motorcycle instead of
yet
*another* boatanchor radio.

So here's what I propose......The EK-07 Appreciation Tour!, it works
like
this...........

You ship one of those bad boys over to a list member (I'll start), and
we
each get a week to listen around on it and find out how deficient and
physically puny our beloved R-39x's are in comparison. And during that
time
we each promise to take meticulous notes on its superiority and post the
results here, and also to everyday at sunrise give a snappy heel-click
in
the direction of Munich (location of Rohde & Schwarz world HQ).

Finally after our week is up we then take care of shipping it to the
next
guy on the appreciation tour list and include an extra $5 towards a
kitty to
reimburse you for the original shipping cost. At the end of the tour,
about
a year, the result will be a small horde of EK-07 fans who will then
acquire
one at any cost and before long we'll create our own EK-07 mailing list.
Sound cool or what!

;^)
John


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