On Friday, June 22, 2012 11:23:20 PM UTC-4, (unknown) wrote:
On Friday, June 22, 2012 2:23:55 AM UTC-5, Mike wrote:

Most of these were not audible at all on an Icom R75 with external antenna!!

Are we to infer that the Tecsun PL660 is a better receiver than the Icom R75 or that your Icom R75 needs servicing?

No, I think the PL660 on the rod can handle some of the local noise (heavy ATT U-Verse neighborhood) better than the R75 on a fairly weak external. The R75 was doing better in the 9 and 11 Mhz bands, but the PL660 really excelled in allowing some of these weaker stations on the higher frequencies to pop up slightly above the noise floor.

Nightime MW reception with the PL660 was much better than daytime reception.. Need to get out of the city to re-test the daytime MW reception of the PL660.

The R75 is in excellent condition with some excellent mods - voice frequency read-out, DSP, and baked crystal for frequency stability. Backup receivers include two Sony 2010s, both with dual KIWA filters,a newly re-conditioned SW77and an Eton E1XM. Dozens of other compact portables.

Mike