I think you'll need a pre-amp, maybe a satellite dish too. That way you
could receive some satellite stuff, maybe TV audio, maybe InMarSat (but
that's all encrypted isn't it??? or digital???).

Mark.

"Margaret von Busenhalter-Butt" wrote in message
...
I'm thinking of getting an Icom IC-R8500 instead of the much more
expensive
AOR AR5000 +3. So what will I miss between 2 GHz and 3GHz that is only
covered by the AOR?

Cheers,

Margaret