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![]() John Plimmer wrote: Michael wrote: "but I cant get the R8 to perform for DX'ing like the R75." An R8 may not perform up to a R75, but the R8A/B will outperform it. Some of the top DXer's in the world use R8A/B's I have owned both the ICOM R75 & R8B *Note this is B revision and not what OP asked for. I had to sell the Drake R8B in order to pay for a thumb reconnecting operation. I wouldn't have gotten near enough money I needed for a thumb reconnection by selling the ICOM. So you see when you get yourself into a real big jam and need cash then it is better to have the Drake R8B than the ICOM. The Drake R8B is a serious radio out of the box. The Icom R75 ( I am told) has some potential, but to tell the truth it really isn't so good of a radio. It sounds very bad on AM. I send audio from headphone jack into a pair of amplified pc speakers, but even with the wide filter it is still muddy. Crappy audio. I don't have the same setup that Michael has and sounds like his setup sounds good. I wonder where he picks off the audio. The Drake sounded really nice. It has a good sync detector and very nice filter selection. The real reason I sold the Drake was because I knew I would replace it with another serious radio. A newer Racal, or a Harris 590A, or maybe I think it is a Ten-Tec RX340 that that fella Phil likes so much. Probably the Harris. I couldn't justify having two very expensive radios in the shack so the R75 is just here as a backup radio until I get cash flow to buy another real radio. 73 NEO |