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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.

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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