Leave it to Icom....they'll sell you a $1000 receiver for $549 then charge
you 100-200 per filter.....that's just the way the game is played these
days.

I purchased a like-new Drake R-8 with VHF and accessory speaker for under
$600 on ebay. No extra filters to buy here. Just enjoying great reception.




"jimg" wrote in message
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anyone have any reasons/recommendations to buy the optional 9MHz and
455kHz filters for swl? universal radio wants over $200 for the
narrower AM filters, half the price of the receiver itself....

or do you think i should just get a ten-tec...i really don't want to
spend more than $600.....


jimg
Oregon
USA