{"id":12992,"date":"2015-04-16T05:54:47","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T09:54:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=12992"},"modified":"2015-04-16T05:54:47","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T09:54:47","slug":"dan-compares-the-mckay-dymek-dr33-c6-to-three-other-benchmark-receivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/dan-compares-the-mckay-dymek-dr33-c6-to-three-other-benchmark-receivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dan compares the McKay-Dymek DR33-C6 to three other benchmark receivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DanRobinson-RadioComparison.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12993\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DanRobinson-RadioComparison.jpg\" alt=\"DanRobinson-RadioComparison\" width=\"650\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DanRobinson-RadioComparison.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/DanRobinson-RadioComparison-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yUsF6qRs-tQ&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\">this YouTube video<\/a> comparing\u00a0four\u00a0of his receivers: the <strong>McKay Dymek DR33-C6<\/strong>, the East German made <strong>RFT EKD 515<\/strong>, <strong>Japan Radio Company NRD-301A,\u00a0<\/strong>and his<strong> Watkins Johnson 8718A\/MFPWJ WJ\u00a0<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yUsF6qRs-tQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares this YouTube video comparing\u00a0four\u00a0of his receivers: the McKay Dymek DR33-C6, the East German made RFT EKD 515, Japan Radio Company NRD-301A,\u00a0and his Watkins Johnson 8718A\/MFPWJ WJ\u00a0.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,26,43,154],"tags":[2635,3778,3598,3777,3600,3779,814,3780],"class_list":["post-12992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radios","category-shortwave-radio","category-shortwave-radio-reviews","tag-dan-robinson","tag-japan-radio-company-nrd-301a","tag-jrc-nrd-301a","tag-mckay-dymek-dr33-c6","tag-rft-ekd-515","tag-watkins-johnson-8718amfp","tag-watkins-johnson","tag-wj-8718amfp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3ny","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":12225,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/video-dan-compares-the-sony-icf-6800w-with-several-benchmark-receivers\/","url_meta":{"origin":12992,"position":0},"title":"Video: Dan compares the Sony ICF-6800W with several benchmark receivers","author":"Thomas","date":"February 7, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Check out this video of Dan Robinson comparing his Sony ICF-6800 with the JRC NRD-301A, Eddystone 1650\/9, RFT EKD-515, Drake R7A, and the WJ8718A\/MFP: Thanks for sharing, Dan! Impressive lineup!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Fullscreen capture 272015 13405 PM","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Fullscreen-capture-272015-13405-PM.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Fullscreen-capture-272015-13405-PM.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Fullscreen-capture-272015-13405-PM.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":26887,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/photo-tour-of-dan-robinsons-receiver-collection\/","url_meta":{"origin":12992,"position":1},"title":"Photo tour of Dan Robinson&#8217;s receiver collection","author":"Thomas","date":"July 7, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Earlier this year--the day before the 2017 Winter SWL Fest, in fact--Dan Robinson and I joined forces at the National Cryptologic Museum in Fort Meade, Maryland, and following a brilliant Thai lunch, visited Dan's place, where I surveyed his stunning receiver collection, several of which represent the Holy Grail of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guest Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-630-Side-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-630-Side-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-630-Side-150x150.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-630-Side-150x150.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-630-Side-150x150.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30724,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/guest-post-a-review-of-the-icom-ic-r8600-wideband-sdr-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":12992,"position":2},"title":"Guest Post: A review of the Icom IC-R8600 wideband SDR receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"February 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following guest post: ICOM\u2019s IC-R8600:\u00a0 \u00a0Can this mega-radio stay in the ring with big gun \u201clegacy\u201d receivers when it comes to shortwave band reception? by Dan Robinson When ICOM rolled out its new wideband receiver, the IC-R8600, I immediately\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guest Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":12660,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/shortwave-radio-recordings-radio-bahrain\/","url_meta":{"origin":12992,"position":3},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: Radio Bahrain","author":"Thomas","date":"March 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday, my buddy Dan Robinson posted a tip on the Extreme Shortwave Listening Facebook page that Radio Bahrain was audible in the Eastern USA (note his video below). I quickly tuned to 9745 kHz and, sure enough--though weak--the Radio Bahrain signal could be heard over the noise floor. Radio Bahrain\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bahrain-Map","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Bahrain-Map.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Bahrain-Map.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Bahrain-Map.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Bahrain-Map.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17719,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/03\/part-2-swling-post-shack-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":12992,"position":4},"title":"Part 2: SWLing Post shack photos","author":"Thomas","date":"March 11, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Several months ago, we conducted a shack photo contest sponsored by Universal Radio.\u00a0I'm posting\u00a0all of your excellent photos as time allows and putting them under the tag, shack photos. The following is\u00a0the second set of ten photos along with any notes that were included. 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In 2021, even rarer NRD-302A receivers sold in the $5000 range. 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