From: "David Austin" 
Subject: [drakelist] Drake R8 receiver noise normal?


I have been given a Drake R8 to evaluate for a friend. The first thing I
noticed about it is the extremely large amount of noise on the
speaker/headphones (white noise) with no signal present. Pre-amp is selected
off. I initially thought that it was local noise, but it is still present at
exactly the same level with the antenna unplugged. Noise increases even more
with pre-amp switched on. I am used to almost no noise at all with antenna
unplugged on my R4C. I don't remember ever hearing such a noisy receiver
with no signal present. Noise is present in all modes (obviously FM is even
greater, but this is as expected).

Could anyone with an R8 confirm whether this is normal? If not, what could
be the cause. It makes listening to any signal extremely tiring!

Comments/tips gratefully received.

Regards,

David
G4GTP (UK)

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