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Icom R71: How well does it stack up today?
On Feb 5, 6:22 am, wrote:
On Feb 5, 9:15 am, " wrote: On Feb 4, 9:04 pm, wrote: Andy - are you back in the US now? I had an Icom R70 for a while and loved it despite the weird end of band tuning thing and the ergonomics. All-in-all I would consider it one of the top "DX machines". I sent it to a friend of mine in CO to use. My present collection includes and R-5000, R72, and NRD-525. I can't figure why my wife's name was in the header on the last two posts of mine (???) Frank K3YAZ Tucson Hi Frank I'm still living near Dubai working at a college. By the way, I'm from the UK originally, not the US. I must admit, I've been very tempted by both the R-5000 and the NRD-525. I bought an R-5000 on eBay a few years back but it was faulty. It had great audio, though. I really like the R71 and think I may spring for an R75 some time soon. Mind you, I was telling you that about 3 or 4 years ago. Still, I plan to buy one before the supplies run out as I'd like to get one brand new. If you had to choose between the 525 and the R-5000, which would you keep? Cheers Andy This is an extremely hard choice. They are comparable, however, I've had three NRD-525's and two had the classic "JRC hiss" while the present one is very quiet and clean audio wise. Despite being good receivers the hiss was very annoying so I unloaded the first two. This is my first R-5000 and it's a top notch receiver. It probably has the best xtal filters of any radio I've had. I did upgrade the 6 kHz AM filter (Inrad) and added the 500 Hz CW filter. I actually prefer it over the R75 that I had only from a "feel" standpoint. The R75 was an excellent performer but I tend to be a "knobulator!" The bottom line is I think it would be a personal choice. Get both of them and let me know which one you like best! I also like the R72 I have despite the lack of advanced features. Very solid, simple receiver similar to the FRG-100 but it doesn't have the local FM intermod problem that made my FRG-100s rather useless in this location. Frank- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I've often thought about getting another R-5000. I only had mine for about 3 or 4 days but it had a bad connection somewhere, which caused the sensitivity to drop intermittently, and bad key-bounce. If I could find a perfect one running off 240 V, I think I'd be sorely tempted. The audio was the best I've heard and made for really pleasant listening. Cheers Andy Hi Andy, The bad connection on the R5000 may be the 6khz filter not getting a good connection. The one I have had that problem when I got it. Took the top off & poked around some & was able to find it. 73, Ken KG4BIG |
Icom R71: How well does it stack up today?
On Feb 5, 4:57 am, wrote:
On Feb 5, 3:41 pm, (Geoffrey S. Mendelson) wrote: wrote: I've often thought about getting another R-5000. I only had mine for about 3 or 4 days but it had a bad connection somewhere, which caused the sensitivity to drop intermittently, and bad key-bounce. If I could find a perfect one running off 240 V, I think I'd be sorely tempted. The audio was the best I've heard and made for really pleasant listening. You need to be careful. There were two versions sold. One was 120 volt ONLY, and the other was a multivoltage unit with a switch in the back. My 1991 vintage U.S. purchased R5000 is 120 volt only. In my Universal catalog from 1993, they were selling only the multivoltage unit. In 1996 when I started packing up to move here, I called Universal asking if they could modify it to 220 volts and was asked "aren't all of them multivoltage?". They could not modify it, but it has lived happily here on 230 volts connected to a 200 "watt" continuous duty transformer for the last 10 years. The clock does not seem to be affected. I assume it is not dependent upon the power line frequency. Geoff. -- Geoffrey S. Mendelson, Jerusalem, Israel N3OWJ/4X1GM IL Voice: (07)-7424-1667 Fax ONLY: 972-2-648-1443 U.S. Voice: 1-215-821-1838 Visit my 'blog athttp://geoffstechno.livejournal.com/ Hi Geoff Good point. The one I bought from eBay was 120 volt only, so I was a bit unhappy that I spent good money on a transformer only to send the radio back within days. On a different note, how common is the key bounce? Do most units end up suffering in the long term? Cheers Andy- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Andy - the R-5000 I have has "mild" key bounce which is not a problem if you just hit the key solidly and don't hold you finger on it. I don't find it much of an issue. This particular radio must a have lived in a damper part of the country because there is light corrosion on many of the internal pcb screws and some of the metal parts. If any hydroscopic materials had moisture in them when I got the radio they have long since dried out in this Arizona air! Despite the minor cosmetic blemishes which is probably why I got it for so cheap on Ebay, it's a fabulous performer. I modified the notch filter so it operates in CW mode (the "peak" filter was a joke on CW) and upgraded the AM filter plus added the CW filter. It gets a bit hot internally due to poor ventilation and a hot transformer but there is no drift. My only complaint is that the tuning is a bit too fast and as such is touchy on SSB at times. Regards, Frank Tucson, AZ |
Icom R71: How well does it stack up today?
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