"David" wrote:

If you can afford an R-9000, you got no business
buying a PCR-1000. ;~).

Well I can if I budget for one. Where can I get one though? They seem
to be totally unavailable to the likes such as I.

Bonito 4.x comes bundled with the PCR1000. The Bonito 5.2 retails for
$180.00 as an upgrade through national radio in Ohio.

And thanks for the input all!

davidN

The '9000 is no longer made. It was once available in the US, then
couldn't be sold here because of the idiotic cellular restrictions.
It was still on the market for a while afterwards, in several
iterations. The last was the '9000L, with an LCD replacing the CRT
which was no longer available.

If you want a high end radio, solely for shortwave, consider a Ten-Tec
RX-340, or ask about high-end surplus radios. Be ready to wade
through more "religious" flames, though, since people are very loyal
to their favorites.

At least the flames will be on-topic, though...

Regards,

--
Eric F. Richards

"Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- Myron Glass,
often attributed to J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940