Hi everybody,

we are currently considering to buy one of these two wideband receivers.
This is why I wanted to ask, if you can provide me some input that helps
me to make the right choice.

Our Application requires:

- RS232 Interface: We need to control the receiver via our own software
running on a PC. Are the command lists of both receivers public? Is one
software interface better (easier to handle) than the other?

- A 10.7MHz ZF ouput signal: We will mainly use the ZF output of the
receiver and then do our own signal processing. Both receivers seem to
provide a bandwidth of +/-5MHz, right?

- Filtering the ZF output signal: We would like to have the option to
filter the 10.7MHz output signal. It seems with the AOR receiver it is
possible to provide the following bandwidths on the ZF output: 3kHz,
6kHz, 15kHz, 30kHz, 110kHz and 10MHz (no filter) - is this correct?

Does the ICOM receiver allow similar filtering or does it even provide
more options?

It is important for us that there is an option to filter the ZF output.
Are all filters available for all frequencies (both receivers)?

- Sensitivity: The IC-8500 seems to have the better sensitivity than the
AOR 8500. Is there a significant difference in practice?

- General: Is there anything paritcular good/bad we should know about
the receivers?

Thanks for your inputs,

Stefan