ICOM R75 vs Yaesu VR-5000
Not sure which one to get. Anyone have any hands on experience with
either of these units, especially the Yaesu VR-5000? Looks like I am going to be able to get one of them soon. Or should I just save money and get something like a Grundig 750 or Eton E1 ? |
ICOM R75 vs Yaesu VR-5000
Thanks BDK, I know the ICOM R-75 is pretty much the standard these
days for tabletops. One more question, do you use any computer programming software for the R-75? I know I can "google" these questions but I rather hear directly from those in here who use the products or know about them. |
ICOM R75 vs Yaesu VR-5000
In article 9c02d232-5e12-4a3a-8314-
, says... Thanks BDK, I know the ICOM R-75 is pretty much the standard these days for tabletops. One more question, do you use any computer programming software for the R-75? I know I can "google" these questions but I rather hear directly from those in here who use the products or know about them. I don't personally have an R75, but friends have had them. I don't think they used any software with them when they had them. I have, at the present time, a JRC NRD-515, an NRD-525, A Kenwood TS- 850SAT, an Allied SX-190, and a Hammarlund HQ-100. Those all work, and I have a couple of dead Icom R71A's that will almost surely come back to life soon. It's almost always something simple when they just wont turn on. Last one was a cracked solder joint. It took longer to put it back together than it took to fix it. Sold it for a nice profit afterwards. -- BDK.. Leader of the nonexistent paid shills. Non Jew Jew Club founding member. Former number one Kook Magnet, title passed to Iarnrod. |
ICOM R75 vs Yaesu VR-5000
SC Dxing wrote:
Thanks BDK, I know the ICOM R-75 is pretty much the standard these days for tabletops. One more question, do you use any computer programming software for the R-75? I know I can "google" these questions but I rather hear directly from those in here who use the products or know about them. some of these softs work with the r75 http://packages.debian.org/stable/hamradio/ -- -- What's on Shortwave guide: choose an hour, go! http://shortwave.tk 700+ Radio Stations on SW http://swstations.tk 300+ languages on SW http://radiolanguages.tk |
ICOM R75 vs Yaesu VR-5000
I use Ham Radio Delux with mine.
Chuck KA6UUP BDK wrote: In article ea591c81-445d-4b87-a60e-3b243ad33852 @a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com, says... Not sure which one to get. Anyone have any hands on experience with either of these units, especially the Yaesu VR-5000? Looks like I am going to be able to get one of them soon. Or should I just save money and get something like a Grundig 750 or Eton E1 ? It's really hard to beat the R75 for the money. I don't know much about the the Yaesu, but what I have heard isn't good. The Grundig and Eton radios aren't anything close to the Icom at all. |
[R75 hands down. Had the Eton, IMHO, a piece of Garbage.
Exchanged for Icom r75. Comparing a pinto (Eton) to Mercedes (R75). I use it as the receiver for my ham radio. Hope this helps. KE5LDO |
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It looks really good to me. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of other radios, but check out the specs and reviews. I think this is the one I'm going for. -Jim |
ICOM R75 vs Yaesu VR-5000
On 12/27/09 18:21 , KE5LDO wrote:
[R75 hands down. Had the Eton, IMHO, a piece of Garbage. Exchanged for Icom r75. Comparing a pinto (Eton) to Mercedes (R75). I use it as the receiver for my ham radio. Hope this helps. KE5LDO Actually, R75 would be more like a Camry. A Cadillac Escalade would be a Drake R8B. A Lexus would be a JRC. A Mercedes would be the Rohde and Schwartz. And the Eton? That would be a Renault 18i. |
ICOM R75 vs Yaesu VR-5000
D. Peter Maus wrote:
On 12/27/09 18:21 , KE5LDO wrote: [R75 hands down. Had the Eton, IMHO, a piece of Garbage. Exchanged for Icom r75. Comparing a pinto (Eton) to Mercedes (R75). I use it as the receiver for my ham radio. Hope this helps. KE5LDO Actually, R75 would be more like a Camry. A Cadillac Escalade would be a Drake R8B. A Lexus would be a JRC. A Mercedes would be the Rohde and Schwartz. And the Eton? That would be a Renault 18i. No "t" in Rohde and Schwarz |
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