Mike wrote:


This radio was obviously made for voice, which it excels at. The Sync
is outstanding, and the filters are right out of the R8 - which I also
have.


Mike


The filters in the 800 are not "right out of the R8". The Sat 800 has a 455
kHz 2nd IF while the R8 uses 50 kHz. The Sat 800 uses ceramic filter while
the R8 uses LC filters.

The designers may have chosen to use the same bandwidths, but the filters
are not the same.

craigm