Mine is more than adequate on the h.f. bands. It "hears" everything my
R-75, FRG7000, 7700, 8800, and Sat-800 can hear. From what I hear, the
earlier versions were plagued with issues. Personally, I couldn't be
happier with mine. Sorry to hear you got a lemon...
"big boy now" wrote in message
k...
When i owned my Yaesu VR5000 i found it to be totally useless on short
wave.....
"Jim Hackett" wrote in message
nk.net...
...And then there are people like me who LOVE their VR-5000. I also have
an R-75 also so I can directly compare the 2. If ALL you are interested
in is shortwave, the R-75 IS the better choice.
"big boy now" wrote in message
. uk...
Go for the icom R75....please don't waist your money on a yaesu VR5000
they are the biggest load of S? i have ever owned.
when they were released i paid £700+ for one of them with the DSP unit
installed...all i will say is i only owned it for just six months and
sold it on at a loss.........
i then went out and paid almost 3k for another as i am one who only
wants the best and after buying the VR5000 i know why i am the way i
am....short wave radio magazine run an article on the VR5000
and to be honest they even said they are not worth buying.
in my opinion i can not understand yaesu why bring out a receiver
that is so bad well next to useless... they yaesu have a good reputation
so why bring out such a crap receiver...
i will look in my old copies of short wave magazines and if i can find
the review i will post it hear for you...
"Dennis and Judy Toye" wrote in message
...
Hi guys need some help on deciding on which Shortwave Radio to get, a
Icom
R 75 or a Yaesu VR 5000.
Can some please help me.
Cheers
Dennis
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