On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 05:45:18 +0200, "John Plimmer"
wrote in
:


A South African is the first to post a review of the new Icom IC-R9500 on
eHam.
see
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/6577


That's an impressive receiver.

What sort of antenna does one employ for reception of 3.3 GHz? Is a
wave guide required or is there sufficiently low-loss coaxial cable
made for that frequency?

Is there an American made equivalent?

http://www.icomamerica.com/products/...00/default.asp
Professional communications receiver
with 0.005 to 3335MHz coverage
and high performance spectrum scope