On Feb 13, 8:04*am, dave wrote:
bpnjensen wrote:
On Feb 12, 8:29 am, "D. Peter
wrote:
On 2/12/10 10:13 , bpnjensen wrote:

Pyramids are not especially popular with the Amateur Radio crowd:

http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/20

So I have noticed! *But the Astrons, in general, have a loyal
following.

* * I did some research into the Pyramid supplies. As I said earlier,
they were not built for continuous service. Apparently, at any load.
Shame, too. With modification, they can be a pretty decent supply.

* * Apparently Pyramid has been taking design tips for ICOM.

* *

My Icom R75 has been working flawlessly for many years :-)

Mine runs constantly. *I had it "restored" at ICOM USA a couple years
back. *They replaced something in the first mixer I think, (involved
taking shielded circuitry apart-very messy). *Today the radio serves as
my 24/7 30 meter autospotter.

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Icom is one of very few manufacturers left that are serious as far
as RF design goes. R-75 was not their most sucessful, but it is worth
the money. I believe it is still available at this time. It won't be
produced for much longer.

On Feb 13, 10:40*pm, wrote:
On Feb 13, 8:04*am, dave wrote:





bpnjensen wrote:
On Feb 12, 8:29 am, "D. Peter
wrote:
On 2/12/10 10:13 , bpnjensen wrote:

Pyramids are not especially popular with the Amateur Radio crowd:

http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/20

So I have noticed! *But the Astrons, in general, have a loyal
following.

* * I did some research into the Pyramid supplies. As I said earlier,
they were not built for continuous service. Apparently, at any load.
Shame, too. With modification, they can be a pretty decent supply.

* * Apparently Pyramid has been taking design tips for ICOM.

* *

My Icom R75 has been working flawlessly for many years :-)

Mine runs constantly. *I had it "restored" at ICOM USA a couple years
back. *They replaced something in the first mixer I think, (involved
taking shielded circuitry apart-very messy). *Today the radio serves as
my 24/7 30 meter autospotter.

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* *Icom is one of very few manufacturers left that are serious as far
as RF design goes. R-75 was not their most sucessful, but it is worth
the money. I believe it is still available at this time. It won't be
produced for much longer.

Actually, the only problem with it was the S-AM, which was largely (if
not perfectly) rectified by the Kiwa mods. Otherwise it is a
remarkable performer, and for the general price (even modified) I
think it is hard to beat by any other unit past or present. The only
things standing between me and the most ridiculously weak signals are
my antennas and propagation (and local RFI, of course).

I'd buy one again, no hesitation.