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Icom R75 vs. R8B
Icom R75 with all the Kiwa mods, including the complete attenuation removal
is roughly equal to Drake R8B in both SW AND MW performance. True or false? Please note that this is not an attempt to start a flamefest. Ideally I'd like to have an opinion from folks who run or have run both machines side by side. Cheers, MvBB |
Margaret von Busenhalter-Butt wrote:
Icom R75 with all the Kiwa mods, including the complete attenuation removal is roughly equal to Drake R8B in both SW AND MW performance. True or false? Please note that this is not an attempt to start a flamefest. Ideally I'd like to have an opinion from folks who run or have run both machines side by side. Cheers, MvBB Roughly true but it still tips the balance in favor of the R8B if you are a program listener more than a SSB/utility listener. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
I have both (my R-75 is unmodified). They seem about equal, with
maybe a slight tip to the ICOM for UTE and tough signal DX. The Drake has the more listener-friendly features for plain old program listening. Bottom line: If you can only afford 1 radio and listen to SWBC and MW a lot, get the Drake. If you lean toward UTE, Digital Modes and tough signal DX get the ICOM. On Mon, 31 May 2004 03:34:24 -0400, longwave wrote: Margaret von Busenhalter-Butt wrote: Icom R75 with all the Kiwa mods, including the complete attenuation removal is roughly equal to Drake R8B in both SW AND MW performance. True or false? Please note that this is not an attempt to start a flamefest. Ideally I'd like to have an opinion from folks who run or have run both machines side by side. Cheers, MvBB Roughly true but it still tips the balance in favor of the R8B if you are a program listener more than a SSB/utility listener. -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
Michael wrote:
I have used both radios. My primary radio is an R-75 with all the kiwa mods and an external speaker. I also have the DSP unit installed. I prefer the R-75 for DX'ing. Mostly because I dx most weak signals using ecss tuning method in ssb and I like using the R-75 much better as a ssb radio. Can you give us some examples of the weak signal stations you receive on the R-75 with ECSS? What kind of antenna do you use for these DX stations? Thanks -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
On Mon, 31 May 2004 03:46:46 GMT, "Margaret von Busenhalter-Butt"
wrote: Icom R75 with all the Kiwa mods, including the complete attenuation removal is roughly equal to Drake R8B in both SW AND MW performance. True or false? Please note that this is not an attempt to start a flamefest. Ideally I'd like to have an opinion from folks who run or have run both machines side by side. Cheers, MvBB There is a reason the Drake R8B has near legend in status, and no amount of tinkering with a lesser receiver will make it equal. However the difference are not things that most people are every likely to hear, in the lab they can be measured, they can rarely be heard. |
= = = dxAce wrote in message
= = = ... Margaret von Busenhalter-Butt wrote: Icom R75 with all the Kiwa mods, including the complete attenuation removal is roughly equal to Drake R8B in both SW AND MW performance. True or false? False. I have used both radios and have found the R8B to be superior in all respects. Steve Holland, MI Drake R7, R8 and R8B "I swear by, not at, Drake receivers"© http://www.iserv.net/~n8kdv/dxpage.htm DX Ace [N8KDV], Having 'said' your Say. What would you say was the 'Best Value for the Money' the Drake R8B or the Icom IC-R75 for a Shortwave Listener (SWL) moving up from a 'portable' AM/FM/Shortwave Radio to a Desk Top LW/MW/Shortwave Receiver. [ ] Drake R8B [ ] Icom IC-R75 (R-75) with Kiwa Mods. One or the 'other' Only Please ~ RHF .. |
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ocom (Michael Bryant) wrote: From: dxAce I have used both radios and have found the R8B to be superior in all respects. Could you detail the amount of time you've spent operating an R75? I suggest you check your previous statements in the archives before being accused of lying, yet again. You don't have any radios lying, Trolling creep. -- Telamon Ventura, California |
Michael wrote:
"starman" wrote in message Can you give us some examples of the weak signal stations you receive on the R-75 with ECSS? What kind of antenna do you use for these DX stations? Thanks DX'ing weak signals have just as much to do with "conditions" as they do with the power and distance of the transmitted signal. It may be very easy to get say...RNZI from my location during times of the day and year when conditions are good for it, and impossible to pick it up during other times. I've used ECSS to identify weak carriers too but I was wondering what you would consider a good DX catch. What have you heard lately that you would classify as weak DX, given all the "conditions"? -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
matt weber wrote: On Mon, 31 May 2004 03:46:46 GMT, "Margaret von Busenhalter-Butt" wrote: Icom R75 with all the Kiwa mods, including the complete attenuation removal is roughly equal to Drake R8B in both SW AND MW performance. True or false? Please note that this is not an attempt to start a flamefest. Ideally I'd like to have an opinion from folks who run or have run both machines side by side. Cheers, MvBB There is a reason the Drake R8B has near legend in status, and no amount of tinkering with a lesser receiver will make it equal. However the difference are not things that most people are every likely to hear, in the lab they can be measured, they can rarely be heard. Keep telling yourself that as you operate a 'lesser' receiver! |
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