"N8KDV" wrote in message
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Kenneth wrote:

"DeWayne" wrote in message
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"Kenneth" wrote in message
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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.

Yes 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]. .....receiver "running very
hot" even turned off ect ect....
Drake R8B "extremely minor problems" and you sold it and now have a
R-75?

LOL, ANY problem the R8 series has is INDEED minor when compared to the
GLARING flaws in the R75
design...

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B
"I swear by, not at, Drake receivers"


I own 2 Drakes and an Icom R75. I have no complaints about either radio.
I think it's human nature to nit pick, and do the "my radio is better than
yours" argument.
It's been a staple in the ng's and even in the old bbs days when I used to
frequent the FIDO Groups.

--
73's
Rick

Drake R8 & R8B
ICOM R75
Yaesu 7700
Hammarlund SP-600-JX-17

"If you try to fail and succeed, which have you done?"