Thanks for the comparisons.

A guy down the street has a R75 for sale and I can take it for a test
drive.

I'll probably go for one and play with it for a while. Yea, $600 is a
lot of money for a radio. Especially since I'm into the Drake for $900
and I still need to get the tuning resolver fixed! At least I got the
VHF card and the MS-8 speaker for the price. If the guy down the
street wants to let his go for a reasonable price I might jump on that.
Otherwise I'll get HRO to make a deal with me. They are a nice bunch.
Just north of here and UPS ground gets here next day every time I
order from em.

73
Bob