John Plimmer wrote:
Michael wrote:
"but I cant get the R8 to perform for DX'ing like the R75."

An R8 may not perform up to a R75, but the R8A/B will outperform it.
Some of the top DXer's in the world use R8A/B's


I have owned both the ICOM R75 & R8B *Note this is B revision and not
what OP asked for.

I had to sell the Drake R8B in order to pay for a thumb reconnecting
operation. I wouldn't have gotten near enough money I needed for a
thumb reconnection by selling the ICOM. So you see when you get
yourself into a real big jam and need cash then it is better to have
the Drake R8B than the ICOM.

The Drake R8B is a serious radio out of the box. The Icom R75 ( I am
told) has some potential, but to tell the truth it really isn't so good
of a radio. It sounds very bad on AM. I send audio from headphone
jack into a pair of amplified pc speakers, but even with the wide
filter it is still muddy. Crappy audio. I don't have the same setup
that Michael has and sounds like his setup sounds good. I wonder where
he picks off the audio. The Drake sounded really nice. It has a good
sync detector and very nice filter selection. The real reason I sold
the Drake was because I knew I would replace it with another serious
radio. A newer Racal, or a Harris 590A, or maybe I think it is a
Ten-Tec RX340 that that fella Phil likes so much. Probably the Harris.
I couldn't justify having two very expensive radios in the shack so
the R75 is just here as a backup radio until I get cash flow to buy
another real radio.

73
NEO