On Aug 31, 10:23 pm, Eric F. Richards wrote:
BDK wrote:
In article , says...

Much rather have the used R8 if it was in good shape. Even better, spend a
bit more and get a new R75.

Michael

Either of them are much better than the FRG-100B.

BDK

I can't speak to the R8, but the FRG-100 was a better radio than the
R75, having owned both. The Frog was a lot less flashy, somewhat less
convenient to move from frequency A to frequency B in a hurry, and
chuffed terribly, but the basic performance was quite good.

Once you got past all the bells and whistles on the R75, there was no
performance there.

--
Eric F. Richards

"Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- Myron Glass,
often attributed to J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940

Not sure what you mean by that exactly - but dumping the FRG100 for my
R75 was a good decision for me. The Icom simply bags me more
stations. Plenty of performance under what can only be termed
obnoxious RFI conditions.

Bruce Jensen