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Kenneth wrote: I agree with you 99.9% That was my point in all this tread.At last you got it. Another tip Kenneth: If you need new treads, I recommend Goodyear. |
N8KDV wrote in message ...
Kenneth wrote: I agree with you 99.9% That was my point in all this tread.At last you got it. Another tip Kenneth: If you need new treads, I recommend Goodyear. Thanks Steve, you are correct I forgot a "h".I'm writing too much this days and sometimes I forgot a letter or some coma. But I'm a fortunate man I have you at my service as my personal secretary and the nice thing is that I don't have to pay you anything... |
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Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B "I swear by, not at, Drake receivers" "I don't have to bother myself with modificatons either" Sorry for you. At this time no modifications are available for the R8B flaws [synthesizer phase noise,background hiss,birdies,cheapy encoder,K'mart keypad ect ect [yes,I agree, for the funny tunning knob there is a remplacement available]. .....About the "running very hot" problem , you did the right thing with adding an external AC adaptor,Yes,you are learning very fast. http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm Ken |
"N8KDV" wrote in message ... Perhaps the best way to solve the ICOM R75 problem is to contact the Federal Trade Commission and ask them why ICOM is dumping their receivers in the USA at a greatly discounted price. What we need is a trade war with Japan! ;-) A little late don't you think? What about China? DeWayne Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B "I swear by, not at, Drake receivers" "I don't have to bother myself with modificatons either" http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
"Kenneth" wrote in message om... N8KDV wrote in message Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B "I swear by, not at, Drake receivers" "I don't have to bother myself with modificatons either" Sorry for you. At this time no modifications are available for the R8B flaws [synthesizer phase noise,background hiss,birdies,cheapy encoder,K'mart keypad ect ect [yes,I agree, for the funny tunning knob there is a remplacement available]. .....About the "running very hot" problem , you did the right thing with adding an external AC adaptor,Yes,you are learning very fast. I have an R75 and like it very much, but I have also owned an R8B and loved it! All of the problems you're magnifying are extremely minor, except for the encoder. It seems to me that you are bashing the R8B because it's American made. DeWayne K9KZ http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm Ken |
Kenneth wrote: Sorry for you. At this time no modifications are available for the R8B flaws [synthesizer phase noise,background hiss,birdies,cheapy encoder,K'mart keypad ect ect [yes,I agree, for the funny tunning knob there is a remplacement available]. .....About the "running very hot" problem , you did the right thing with adding an external AC adaptor,Yes,you are learning very fast. And just when did I ever say I used an external AC adapter with either my R8 or my R8B? As for the modifications to same, has it ever occurred to you, pea brain, that if the modifications truely, and let me emphasise the word TRUELY, needed to be performed, then someone would have come up with a way to do them? You 'seem' to know a 'little bit' about electronics, so I guess I have to ask the question of why you seem to be so inclined to perform so many mods on the R75, and never seem to have done any on the R8B and/or R8 that you once claim to have owned? I don't know about you, but I've certainly done my share of DXing, and I've used quite a few different receivers in the past. I can tell you from experience that there's no way I'd trade my Drakes for an R75. Used one here long enough to realise it's just not the receiver it's made out to be. And as I've pointed out before, the gentleman who was kind enough to bring it here for comparison testing felt the same way I do, and promptly sold it and bought an R8B. And since then I believe he's purchased an R8. Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B "I swear by, not at, Drake receivers" "I don't have to bother myself with modifications either" http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm |
Here are "My Thoughts" on Why the Icom IC-R75 has a Low Price
and High Promotion in the USofA. The basis of a Federal Trade Commission FTA "Dumping" Charge is that the origination country is placing the Item (Product and/or Service) For Sale at 'below' their Actual Cost of Manufacturing, Transportation and Distribution (a loss). I 'think' that if the "Facts" were known: Icom is selling the Icom IC-R75 in the USofA at small profit (not a loss). Therefore, there would be NO basis for an FTA "Dumping" Charge. (Maybe other countries should be asking WHY Icom is Pricing the Icom IC-R75 so High outside the USofA.) So... The Question becomes at the 'relatively' "High Prices" that the Icom IC-R75 is being sold at in the "Rest-of-the-World (ROTW). How Much Profit is Icom making on each Icom IC-R75 in ROTW ? The PLAN - A "World Wide Marketing Plan" for Icom may be that Half [ 1/2 ] or more of the Total World Sales are in the USofA and "What Sells in the USofA" market's itself to the ROTW. First - Assuring a High Volume of Sales in the USofA with a Profit Margin that provides for "Recapturing ALL of Icom's Manufacturing Costs for the Total World Wide Production Run. NOTE: The Icom IC-R75 is heavily promoted in the USofA by Icom 'offering' the "FREE" DSP with the Purchase of the Icom IC-R75. Second - All ROTW Sales a 'pure' "Profit" for Icom; excluding Transportation Costs. The ROTW has to BUY the DSP at "Extra Cost". TBL: The Icom IC-R75 is a "Winner" for Icom and a High Profit Product Center in its Global (USofA and ROTW) Marketing Plan. TRADE WAR: We (the USofA) and Japan have always been in a 'cold' Trade War over Imports and Exports between the two countries. { That is the Nature of International Trade between Nations. } IIRC: It use to be that many Products were 'charged' an In-Country Consumer "Luxury Tax" inside Japan and then the MITA would "Rebate" this Tax to a Manufacture for Each Exported Product. Again IIRC: This use to be a 15% Tax per Item and a 5% Rebate per Item; Which would cause a 20% difference in an Items Price inside of Japan and in the ROTW. TBL: Japanese Consumers were subsidizing Exports and Exports could be bought outside of Japan for a Lower Cost then inside Japan. This was common practice in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s to the best of my knowledge. I don't know if this is still going on today or not ? ? ? wictb... ~ RHF = = = When It Comes To Business... It Does Not Take An MBA - To Pick Somebody's Pocket ! .. .. = = = N8KDV = = = wrote in message ... Perhaps the best way to solve the ICOM R75 problem is to contact the Federal Trade Commission (FTA) and ask them why ICOM is dumping their receivers in the USA at a greatly discounted price. What we need is a trade war with Japan! ;-) Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B "I swear by, not at, Drake receivers" "I don't have to bother myself with modificatons either" http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm .. .. |
Sorry for you. At this time no modifications are available for the R8B
flaws [synthesizer phase noise,background hiss,birdies,cheapy encoder,K'mart keypad ect ect I am, like DeWayne, the happy owner of an R75, AND I owned a Drake R8B for three years. The R8B is an awesome receiver, and the problems you're blowing all out of proportion are as DeWayne says, minor and infrequent (I never ONCE had a problem with the encoder or tuning knob)... I have been following your (Kenneth's) current run of tirades for a few days now, and don't really know what your point has been all along. Yes, I tend to champion the R75 when discussing it with fellow (or soon-to-be) SWL's for its price range, performance, and overall flexibility for most users. I enjoy electronics and enhancing my gear if needed, and enjoyed thoroughly the process of upgrading the R75 to a more capable receiver than it already was. I did everything myself and spent MAYBE another $40 after all was said and done, so FOR ME and MY wallet, it was a great choice of radio. But that doesn't mean I excuse Icom for making some poor choices in components and circuit design, nor do I excuse them for advertising as *working* a few features which simply *don't work* without fixing by the user or Kiwa. Does this mean I hate the radio? Hell no. I take Telamon's (and others who feel as he does) opinions and comments to be sincere and well-meaning, and accurate. There ARE plenty of SWL's who won't spend $500 for a radio they need to spend either more money or more time on to get working as advertised, and I can't blame them. And I don't see them flaming ME for WANTING to own and enhance the radio, do I? He's just stating his educated opinion and HIS personal preference for purchasing the radios HE wants to use, based on what I find to be sound reasoning. Why, therefore, do you INSIST on arguing with people who don't want to own an R75? The Drake R8B also has its fair share of detractors, but unlike your posts here, they tend to state a few LOGICAL reasons why they don't wish to buy an R8B, any one of which makes SENSE compared to your 'facts' given here. And even if the R8B's 'flaws' were indeed numerous and frequent, HOW IN HELL does that have ANY effect on anyone's opinion of how well-made the R75 is? Apples/oranges, who cares? How can Telamon be 'wrong' in having a preference in radios? How can YOU be 'right' for owning an R75? It seems to me like you're rather sophomorically creating and extending an argument for no other reason than to 'defend' something which needs no defense (a radio product) or simply watch yourself type. Like a few teen-minded defenders of some dubious radio products in this newsgroup's past (can anyone say TT?) you're being ridiculous, and show it more with every heated, self-defensive post about differing OPINIONS and preferences. I would give you the same advice I have received and have given others: Quit looking for black-and-white in radios. It will NEVER exist. Linus |
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