On Jun 29, 8:32*pm, "Justis" wrote:
Found this searching for shortwave radios for sale.
Craiglist just has Junk.
Are these that much better than say a Kenwood R-2000?
I have an Icom R 71A *with the memory board mod and audio upgrades. *Would
the Drake receive better than my Icom? * The drake sure doesn't look as
professional.http://hamilton.kijiji.ca/c-buy-and-...AKE-R8-Shortwa...


I owned both an ICOM R71A and a Drake R8 (at different times). The
Drake was better, especially because of it's synchronous AM detector
and decent audio. It's noise limiter was pretty good too.