"Michael Lawson" wrote:

Honestly, I don't have an IC-R75 to compare with my
Sat 800, but if I were going for purely DX machine,
I'd seriously look into an R-5000, R8/R8A/R8B or
an NRD-525/NRD-535. Nothing against the R75, but
if the sync is that bad as is believed, I'd rather go for
either a better one (Drake's) or none at all (JRC or
Kenwood).

That said, I stick with my Sat 800 for listening right
now because it's price point is pretty darn good for
what you get. That and I can't really spend any more
money on my shack right now, too.


Well, I can't argue with the money issue. Fortunately, all the radios
I use now are *very* listenable -- the R8500 is very un-ICOM-like in
that regard, and a good ear for music is a nuisance when dealing with
a DSP that introduces monkey chatter. (The R75's doesn't, but the
'545 is supposed to have monkey chatter problems and the Timewave
external is downright painful if given a signal with audio above 3
kHz.)

Current radios I have are R8500x2, WR G303i, Ten-Tex RX340, Collins
R392.

Past radios have been R75, FRG-100, FRG-7, HF-150.

--Mike L.


"mike maghakian" wrote in message
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this is not a troll this is FACT

what it takes you half an hour to do with an R75, I can do in 5
seconds with
a satellit 800, and it would probably still be better. I have owned
several
R75's with different configurations so I KNOW what I am talking
about. and
the fixed SYNC on the 75 is still pathetic compared to the 800. FACT

NOW I DID SAY SWBC, the 800 is a bit handicapped for code/RTTY etc
where
really tight selectivity is needed.

but for AM mode, the 800 is unbeatable, this is FACT



"Michael" wrote in message
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"mike maghakian" wrote in message
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For the category of SWBC listening and DXing, the satellit 800 is
a far
superior product, really there is no comparison

1) better sound
2) better selectivity in the stock versions
3) FAR better sync detector, even if it is a fixed version !



Your saying the Sat 800 is a better radio then the R-75 for DX'ing
???

"Medication time"

Michael





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