In article .com,
"mike0219116" wrote:

My first "real" radio was an R75. Even with the Kiwa mods and the DSP
unit I found it to de disappointing. I eventually sold it and bought a
Drake R8B.

I think the Palstar would be a good "starter" tabletop. If you decide
to get an even more high-end rig later, the Palstar would be great for
DXpeditions or other semi-poriable use. I've even considered getting
one just for the portability, but I've heard that Palstar might come
out with a new receiver this year so I'm holding off.

I haven't had my hands on a R75 in any condition but you would think
that with the mods and DSP it would be a decent radio.

Out of the table top radios this is the only one that "appears" to me
that people would possibly have a problem operating. With a non-standard
AGC control setup on small concentric knobs I could see people turning
the wrong control by mistake. That together with the dual bandpass
control you could have the radio sounding very poor in short order.

With the mods the AGC and sync are supposed to be working with a visual
indication of when the sync is trying to lock and that should have been
a help and the audio is supposed to be improved.

What disappointed you about the R75? Was it that the audio was still
sub-par even with the mods and DSP? To tricky to operate?

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Telamon
Ventura, California