Eric F. Richards wrote in message
You go play with your R-75, all features, no basic
performance play toy while the rest of us use real
radios.

you're pandering Eric.

No I'm not. The quotes Kenneth wrote [sic] are taken way out of
context.
What quotes this quotes from passport to world band radio?:
The Ten Tec RX340 [$3,999]test findings:The sync selectable
sideband
lose look relatively
easily,Passport recomend an external Sherwood SE-3 [500.00],poor
dynamic range,static crashes sound harsher than on analog
receivers.Spurious signal noted around 6MHZ segment,notch filter does
not work in AM,Sync selectable sideband or ISB modes,Noise blanker not
effective ect, ect, ect,
If you go by Passport criteria alone (which I don't, BTW, and you
remember that) the T-T was a "Passport's Choice" and the '75 was not.
Icom R75 was WRTH [World radio TV handbook]choice over the R8B the
same year they tested both.Now you " don't go by Passport criteria
alone" because they documented your expensive toy flaws?


you were LW DXing using a 1000' wire that was
"abandoned" because it was aimed at a 50kW MW blowtorch.
You aimed a 1000' wire at a 50kw blowtorch for LW dxing and overloaded
a Drake R8b in a "gracefully stupid way" by 40db and a R75 in a no so
gracefully way? An antenna dance [ballet] show?


Judgement call. I didn't succeed in what I wanted to do,
You are very fast at calling names in a stupid manner but
keep failing and overloading Drakes R8B and Icom R-75 [receivers with
very good dynamic range], read for example passport Icom 8500 dynamic
range report "poor dynamic range ,surprising at this price [$1,699]
point and Ten tec RX340 [$3,999] dynamic IP/3 test reportoor
dynamic range IP/3. There is very good information about how not to
overload a receiver using the wrong antenna arrangement in the ARRL
antenna handbook.
bought filters, then got an owner of the well
respected R8B to drive across the state; only it too overloaded by 40 dB.

It did. But much more gracefully than the R75.
The R8b "overloaded by 40db GRACEFULLY"? This is funny.Why you add
the word "gracefully to the R8B overloading? Maybe do you have fear to
the Steve and others R8B owners reaction?
instead of pondering you badmouthed the R75 and R8B, claiming that both
were not "real radios".

I never made that claim. And I reported here EXACTLY the results I
got. I "badmouthed" the R75 because of my experience with it.
Yes you had a bad experience using a 1,000 antenna aimed at a 50kw
blowtorch.The problem is not with the arrow[the radio] but with the
"Indian" [user knowledge about ant and radios]
only an experienced DXer, Steve, and others got you
to shut your pie hole.
Yes Steve and others are around this is the only reason to minimizing
the drake R8B overloading using nice words like "a gracefully
overload"
I've plonked Steve. I respect the R8B; I even respect the R75,
believe it or not. But I will not look at either radio as perfection,
sorry. For that matter, I don't look at my T-T as perfection, either.
Do you really plonked Steve ? Yes I agree your ten tec RX-340
[$3,999] is not perfect,not my R-75 not the R8B.

denial is not just a river in Egypt. you call Ken an idiot but he
modded his radio and hand built a K9AY loop.
You Eric are the only IDIOT here.Who overload the drake R8B radio by
40DB or the R-75?Who was the one that spend $10,000 in radios and not
in a $20.00 ARRL ant handbook or Joe carr antenna book or [$300.00]for
a Quantum pro loop ant for LW dxing?
Now, if Ken wants to put the two radios in perspective, then I might
respect what he has to say, but he doesn't.
Yes bring your facts no biased oppinions or Moronic childishness.
about the only thing you've
proven to be an expert at is phoning your credit card number in to the
TenTec facility.
This is hilarious, a classic.
I like my ICOM R8500, despite its hideous flaws, because it got the
basics right, I like my RX-340 despite its minor flaws,
because it does such a damned good job.
Perspective. It's not just for breakfast any more.
Yes the right perspective is that I like my radio and you like your
radios,"despite the minor flaws".