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"Michael" wrote:

"John Plimmer" wrote in message
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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


Your off the mark here. Way off. I've used both radio's side by
side with the same antenna. The R75 is a better DX'ing radio. Better
for utility and better for DX'ing. The people that dispute this are
"fans" of the Drake radios. Key word here "fans". Like a person who
keeps going to see Boston loose to NY. The keep loosing, but they
still love thier team. Also.... Your statement "Some of the top
DXer's in the world use R8A/B's" further demonstrates just how far
off the mark you are. If a "Top" DX'er or a professional with a job
to do selected his gear, it wouldent be an R8 series. He'd pick one
of his WJ's off the rack. At the very least, he'd take an ICOM
746Pro or somthing at least as capable. While your contemplating
your next post, put "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" in your CD player
and have yourself a hot dog.

I think the main problem here is that there has been so much BS posted
here by a few people in the past about the R75 and Drake R8B that I for
one turn a deaf ear to posts such as yours. The R75 is a tar'ed and
feathered radio.

The radios specifications just do not support your suppositions. That's
the way it is Michael.

A professional would not pick a Drake R8B or a ICOM 746 pro. He would
pick an RX340, one of the Watkins Johnson radios, or another make of
radio in that caliber.

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Telamon
Ventura, California