Ive got a pair of them and I can honestly tell you they arent a bit better
than a YB-400 for Shortwave or amateur radio listening. I got mine when I
helped sell a cell phone company here locally in Kentucky. Ive since bought
a pair of RX-340's from Ten Tec and for half the price I think they are much
better as far as shortwave. I like the R-75 Icoms and R8 series Drake better
on Shortwave too....Even a Yaesu FT-1000D and the 1000 MP models are better
than the 9000 on shortwave. There are a lot of other routes to go rather
than spend twice or in some cases 4 times the money for mediochre
performance.

Go buy a pair of R-75's and put up some different outside wire antenna's and
prosper!

Bill
"Brian Denley" wrote in message
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WeLoveSpam wrote:
Hi,

I'm thinking about getting one of these sometime. What do you
think of them, i.e. performance, features, reliability, value for
money, etc ?

Actually I heard early ones had reliability problems, whats a goood
S/N to get above please ?

Thanks,
Mike

I have been thinking of picking one up too!!........as soon as I hit the
lottery.

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Brian Denley
http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html

Pirate Bill wrote:

Ive got a pair of them and I can honestly tell you they arent a bit better
than a YB-400 for Shortwave or amateur radio listening.

Yeah? Well..I've got FOUR of them but being completely deaf, I just use
them to hold my chair up higher so's I can reach these here keys!


mike

Might wanna get your chair off those Mike....Seems you've got up so high
your head is up your own ass and your runnin outta oxygen??

Bill


"m II" wrote in message
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Pirate Bill wrote:

Ive got a pair of them and I can honestly tell you they arent a bit
better
than a YB-400 for Shortwave or amateur radio listening.

Yeah? Well..I've got FOUR of them but being completely deaf, I just use
them to hold my chair up higher so's I can reach these here keys!


mike