I was thinking about getting a used CR1A but there isn't any out there! Are they that good, that no one wants to part with theirs or was it, not many were produced?
CommRadio CR1A
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I had one and found out later I was not impressed by it at all. My R75 did circles around it several times. Their QRP transciever is rather good though as it is low wattage output (hence QRP). A friend working there told me there was a limited quantity made and several were returned due to them being unable for updates. There was a glitch in the coding. He told me some got bricked because of it and had to be returned. Funny thing though- before I bought my R75 this unit was about $100 more.It caught a few people's eyes but not more.
I had the earlier CR1 and it was an ok receiver, very quiet and it worked well. You have to put a price to anything like this for ranking and in the $300 range its a good receiver. I sold mine for $375 when they were still in production and that may have been a fair price back then but in my opinion not now. I believe the CR1a and CTX-10 uses the same tuner chip as some mid grade SDR receivers like the SDRPlay RSP1.
Some people on Ebay like this idiot are asking way more than it cost new like its a collectors item and for $620 you can get a much better receiver. CommRadio CR-1A SDR Shortwave Amateur Radio AM SSB FM VHF Receiver | eBay
Some people on Ebay like this idiot are asking way more than it cost new like its a collectors item and for $620 you can get a much better receiver. CommRadio CR-1A SDR Shortwave Amateur Radio AM SSB FM VHF Receiver | eBay
Tks all.
I also choose the R75 over the CR-1a when looking 5-6 years ago. I felt my choice was really justified when CommRadio pretty much dropped the CR-1a and the way they appeared to do that to me when their TX unit was announced.
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For that kind of money, you could get a decent SDR and antenna and have money left over. Even a decent used ham transceiver (most of them nowadays have built in general coverage receivers) will run that much.
Sadly the days of desktop receivers is over. Mike
Sadly the days of desktop receivers is over. Mike
I've embraced the new technology with 4 SDRs and the Kiwi, but twisting knobs is still very much alive with me. I think the two are very complementary.
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