Doug,

AOR 8200 MKIII needs add on cards for CTCSS and Recording. The IC-R20 needs
no silly add on cards and has DCS too.

Yaesu VR-500 has no CTCSS/DCS and recording. But is a few hundred cheaper.

I agonized between the VR-500, Alinco's DJX-2000 and the Icom R-20 for weeks
before deciding on the ICOM R-20.
I have not been disappointed. Remember with portable HF monitoring, your
antenna and atmospheric conditions will make or break your monitoring
session.

73,
W2USB

"DougSlug" wrote in message
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How does the Icom IC-R20 stack up against similar wide receive/all-mode
analog receivers like the Yaesu VR-500 or AOR AR-8200MkIII in terms of
performance (particularly HF), scan speed, overall ease-of-use and
quality? All opinions welcome!

Thanks,
Doug