On Apr 28, 1:36*am, wrote:
On Apr 28, 6:25*am, "Justtis" wrote:

I purchased one of these sets and my E10 Eton seems just about as sensitive
as this high priced set. *The only difference I can make out is the digital
sound processor make things much clearer and easier to understand.
The sensitivity is not that good at least in comparison on these two sets.
I wanted a new in-box set but the store only had this one, so they said, and
they rest were on back order.
I've e-mailed them offering to return it and purchase a new "In-box unit" as
well as maybe the E1 plus extended warranties on all. *RadioWorld Canada is
the Vendor and we will see what they come up with.
I'll let you know the results.

This is very strange *as over many years of playing with radio's the
good tabletops like your R75 are usually at least 10 dB more sensitive
than a portable off the whip.

So I can only assume that you have not got a properly matched 50 Ohm
antenna attached to the R75. I assure you a R75 with only 50 feet of
longwire antenna terminated into a 9:1 matching transformer and RG58
coax runin will give you superb results, far outstripping any portable
on the market.

Also, have you engaged the pre-amps on the R75?
Otherwise the R75 may be malfunctioning, a most unlikely scenario as
they are notoriously reliable = a great radio.

John Plimmer, Montagu, Western Cape Province, South Africa
South 33 d 47 m 32 s, East 20 d 07 m 32 s
Icom IC-7700
Icom IC-756 PRO III with MW mods
Drake SW8 & ERGO software
Sony 7600D, GE SRIII, Redsun RP2100
BW XCR 30, Sangean 803A.
Antenna's RF Systems DX 1 Pro Mk II, Datong AD-270
Kiwa MW Loop.http://www.dxing.info/about/dxers/plimmer.dx

Question : Icom IC-R75 Sensitivity ?
- Check Knob & Button Setting !

ICOM IC-R75 KNOB & BUTTON SETTING CHECK :
http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...vr/0175lrg.jpg
1 - RF/SQL Rear-Knob is "Centered" {Zeroed]
2 - ATT {20 dB Attenuation} is "Off"
3 - ANT/SET is Set for your Antenna Connection being used.

About the Icom IC-R75 Receiver's Sensitivity : Amazing that
sometimes I have this nice very quite SW Band and I am
tuning-a-round and hear this Signal with Good Audio and
when I take a look at the S-Meter it is reading S0 ~ S0.5

which -imho- is fairly 'sensitive'when it comes to radios ~ RHF