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sean welsh

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Apr 27, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/27/97
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Can anyone provide me with a little background info on a Porta-top
receiver made by Panasonic -- RF-3100? Especially would like to know
production dates.

I picked up one of these last week and have found it to be one of the
finest rigs I've ever owned or operated. The audio from the up-front
speaker is fabulous.


Thanks.....Sean
swe...@headwaters.com

Greg Renner

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Apr 28, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/28/97
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This is a double conversion shortwave receiver (single convesion on MW)
built from 1982-1985. For more in depth info it was review in Passport
in 1987 and WRTH in 1983.

Greg Renner

Carl Hodder

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Apr 28, 1997, 3:00:00 AM4/28/97
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sean welsh (swe...@headwaters.com) wrote:
: Can anyone provide me with a little background info on a Porta-top
: receiver made by Panasonic -- RF-3100? Especially would like to know
: production dates.

I think it was around the early 80's.

: I picked up one of these last week and have found it to be one of the

C Robinson

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May 3, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/3/97
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I have the Japanese version on the RF-3100 (a National Panasonic
DR-31) which I bought when I was living in Japan in the late 80s.
It's nothing real fancy, but it's a solid performer - mine's
still going strong. I get good reception off the whip antenna
(tried to attach a longwire and got WAY too much overload). It's
also pretty decent for AM DXing.

Carol

--
I feel much better now that I've given up hope.

Stephen H. Ponder

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May 9, 1997, 3:00:00 AM5/9/97
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C Robinson <10266...@CompuServe.COM> wrote:

> I have the Japanese version on the RF-3100 (a National Panasonic
> DR-31) which I bought when I was living in Japan in the late 80s.
> It's nothing real fancy, but it's a solid performer - mine's
> still going strong. I get good reception off the whip antenna
> (tried to attach a longwire and got WAY too much overload). It's
> also pretty decent for AM DXing.

> Carol

I have taken the whip antenna off of the back of my RF3100 and
am using an EXTREMELY short aerial (approximately 3 metres long)
tuned with a Grove TUN-3 minituner. This setup seems to get rid
of the signal overloads, except that I get numerous images and
heterodynes in the international broadcast region of the 31-metre
band. I have from time to time used a ferrite-rod antenna for
MW dx'ing ... it seems to work well, too. I have been VERY
pleased with the performance of my RF-3100!

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