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icom r-75 filters
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 |
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JIMG: - What kind of antenna do you have; - and what would you gain by getting these specific filters . . . ? Dan / NYC |
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 ... 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 |
"jimg" wrote in message ... 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 I've been using my R-75 with the stock filters for two years. I also have experience with the Drake R8 series and the Kenwood R-5000 to compare the stock R-75 performance to. IMO, you really dont need any additional filters in the R-75. It does just fine with what it comes with. In the situations where you would need a different filter, there are tricks you can do with the radio to make up for it. You would get some use out of an optional filter, but it wont be worth the money. The beauty of the R-75 is that it is a very low priced receiver that has performance specs well above its cost. It is a SUPREME radio in ssb, for DX'ing and utility. It is an "adequate" radio for broadcast listening. The best use of extra money on the R-75 is to buy a nice external speaker. The next step would be the Kiwa sync and audio mod. Other then that, it is what it is.... It will never be a top flight radio for broadcast listening like the R8b. Spending money on optional filters defeats the purpose of getting an R-75. That being, value for dollar. Just my 2 cents. -- Respectfully, Michael Location: New Jersey Primary Receiver: R-75 with full Kiwa mods Antennas: G5RV, 200ft "Frankenstein" roof wire Additional Radios: 7600GR,KA-1101,KA-1102 PL-550, KA-989, Info-Mate 837, GE-SR III Westinghouse H-104 (seven tube) Web Site: http://md_dxing.tripod.com Michael |
"Michael" wrote in message ... "jimg" wrote in message ... 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 I've been using my R-75 with the stock filters for two years. I also have experience with the Drake R8 series and the Kenwood R-5000 to compare the stock R-75 performance to. IMO, you really dont need any additional filters in the R-75. It does just fine with what it comes with. In the situations where you would need a different filter, there are tricks you can do with the radio to make up for it. You would get some use out of an optional filter, but it wont be worth the money. The beauty of the R-75 is that it is a very low priced receiver that has performance specs well above its cost. It is a SUPREME radio in ssb, for DX'ing and utility. It is an "adequate" radio for broadcast listening. The best use of extra money on the R-75 is to buy a nice external speaker. The next step would be the Kiwa sync and audio mod. Other then that, it is what it is.... It will never be a top flight radio for broadcast listening like the R8b. Spending money on optional filters defeats the purpose of getting an R-75. That being, value for dollar. Just my 2 cents. -- Respectfully, Michael Location: New Jersey Primary Receiver: R-75 with full Kiwa mods Antennas: G5RV, 200ft "Frankenstein" roof wire Additional Radios: 7600GR,KA-1101,KA-1102 PL-550, KA-989, Info-Mate 837, GE-SR III Westinghouse H-104 (seven tube) Web Site: http://md_dxing.tripod.com Michael I bought the 2.8 9m filter for ECSS and Hams and I love it. Perfect for those pesky AM stations and fantastic for Hams. I paid a whole $60 shipped off Ebay. My $50 rebate will pay for it. The twin PBT on the R-75 can't be beat for DX'ing. The receiver is extremely sensitive. There is no better rig for SSB for the money. So for $485 {$425 for the receiver plus $60} I have a brand *new radio with a warranty, a bunch of filters I can MIX and match plus *DSP. Throw those twin PBT into the picture...and well you get the picture! Lucky |
"Lucky" wrote in message ... "Michael" wrote in message ... "jimg" wrote in message ... 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 I've been using my R-75 with the stock filters for two years. I also have experience with the Drake R8 series and the Kenwood R-5000 to compare the stock R-75 performance to. IMO, you really dont need any additional filters in the R-75. It does just fine with what it comes with. In the situations where you would need a different filter, there are tricks you can do with the radio to make up for it. You would get some use out of an optional filter, but it wont be worth the money. The beauty of the R-75 is that it is a very low priced receiver that has performance specs well above its cost. It is a SUPREME radio in ssb, for DX'ing and utility. It is an "adequate" radio for broadcast listening. The best use of extra money on the R-75 is to buy a nice external speaker. The next step would be the Kiwa sync and audio mod. Other then that, it is what it is.... It will never be a top flight radio for broadcast listening like the R8b. Spending money on optional filters defeats the purpose of getting an R-75. That being, value for dollar. Just my 2 cents. -- Respectfully, Michael Location: New Jersey Primary Receiver: R-75 with full Kiwa mods Antennas: G5RV, 200ft "Frankenstein" roof wire Additional Radios: 7600GR,KA-1101,KA-1102 PL-550, KA-989, Info-Mate 837, GE-SR III Westinghouse H-104 (seven tube) Web Site: http://md_dxing.tripod.com Michael I bought the 2.8 9m filter for ECSS and Hams and I love it. Perfect for those pesky AM stations and fantastic for Hams. I paid a whole $60 shipped off Ebay. My $50 rebate will pay for it. The twin PBT on the R-75 can't be beat for DX'ing. The receiver is extremely sensitive. There is no better rig for SSB for the money. So for $485 {$425 for the receiver plus $60} I have a brand *new radio with a warranty, a bunch of filters I can MIX and match plus *DSP. Throw those twin PBT into the picture...and well you get the picture! Lucky I paid $450.00 for mine brand new and it came with the free UT-106 DSP untit. I did not buy any additional filters, but I did have the Kiwa mods done. The sync mod was $45.00 and the audio upgrade was $35.00. Both mods were worth the price. One interesting thing I noticed with the sync mod. Asside from improving the over all performance of the stock sync, it also improved the performance of the NR function of the DSP module. Before the Kiwa mods, the best you could do was set the DSP NR to a setting of about 6 before you got all sorts of wobble. After the Kiwa sync mod, I can use NR settings all the way up to 15 without the distortion I got before the mod. There was no mention that the Kiwa sync mod would improve the function of the DSP NR, but it did. Using ECSS with the DSP module and the twin BPT, I find I can clean up just about any weak and messy signal. Given the possible combinations that those features and be tweaked in, I never saw need for an extra filter. For only $ 60.00 though, I'd add filters. I'd want a 2.8 kHz filter in the 9 MHz IF and a 3.3 kHz filter in the 455 kHz IF. That would be kewl !!!! If you could point me to where I could get them for $ 60.00, I'd buy them tonight !!!! Michael |
"Michael" wrote in message ... "Lucky" wrote in message ... "Michael" wrote in message ... "jimg" wrote in message ... 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 I've been using my R-75 with the stock filters for two years. I also have experience with the Drake R8 series and the Kenwood R-5000 to compare the stock R-75 performance to. IMO, you really dont need any additional filters in the R-75. It does just fine with what it comes with. In the situations where you would need a different filter, there are tricks you can do with the radio to make up for it. You would get some use out of an optional filter, but it wont be worth the money. The beauty of the R-75 is that it is a very low priced receiver that has performance specs well above its cost. It is a SUPREME radio in ssb, for DX'ing and utility. It is an "adequate" radio for broadcast listening. The best use of extra money on the R-75 is to buy a nice external speaker. The next step would be the Kiwa sync and audio mod. Other then that, it is what it is.... It will never be a top flight radio for broadcast listening like the R8b. Spending money on optional filters defeats the purpose of getting an R-75. That being, value for dollar. Just my 2 cents. -- Respectfully, Michael Location: New Jersey Primary Receiver: R-75 with full Kiwa mods Antennas: G5RV, 200ft "Frankenstein" roof wire Additional Radios: 7600GR,KA-1101,KA-1102 PL-550, KA-989, Info-Mate 837, GE-SR III Westinghouse H-104 (seven tube) Web Site: http://md_dxing.tripod.com Michael I bought the 2.8 9m filter for ECSS and Hams and I love it. Perfect for those pesky AM stations and fantastic for Hams. I paid a whole $60 shipped off Ebay. My $50 rebate will pay for it. The twin PBT on the R-75 can't be beat for DX'ing. The receiver is extremely sensitive. There is no better rig for SSB for the money. So for $485 {$425 for the receiver plus $60} I have a brand *new radio with a warranty, a bunch of filters I can MIX and match plus *DSP. Throw those twin PBT into the picture...and well you get the picture! Lucky I paid $450.00 for mine brand new and it came with the free UT-106 DSP untit. I did not buy any additional filters, but I did have the Kiwa mods done. The sync mod was $45.00 and the audio upgrade was $35.00. Both mods were worth the price. One interesting thing I noticed with the sync mod. Asside from improving the over all performance of the stock sync, it also improved the performance of the NR function of the DSP module. Before the Kiwa mods, the best you could do was set the DSP NR to a setting of about 6 before you got all sorts of wobble. After the Kiwa sync mod, I can use NR settings all the way up to 15 without the distortion I got before the mod. There was no mention that the Kiwa sync mod would improve the function of the DSP NR, but it did. Using ECSS with the DSP module and the twin BPT, I find I can clean up just about any weak and messy signal. Given the possible combinations that those features and be tweaked in, I never saw need for an extra filter. For only $ 60.00 though, I'd add filters. I'd want a 2.8 kHz filter in the 9 MHz IF and a 3.3 kHz filter in the 455 kHz IF. That would be kewl !!!! If you could point me to where I could get them for $ 60.00, I'd buy them tonight !!!! Michael I bought it off this Chinese dude. He's on Ebay but I dealt with him off Ebay. Is that your e-mail addy? I'll send you his e-mail. Oh **** here it is. I don't think he'll mind if it means bread for him. He's in Taiwan but I got the filter in 8 days. |
"Michael" wrote in message ... "Lucky" wrote in message ... "Michael" wrote in message ... "jimg" wrote in message ... 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 I've been using my R-75 with the stock filters for two years. I also have experience with the Drake R8 series and the Kenwood R-5000 to compare the stock R-75 performance to. IMO, you really dont need any additional filters in the R-75. It does just fine with what it comes with. In the situations where you would need a different filter, there are tricks you can do with the radio to make up for it. You would get some use out of an optional filter, but it wont be worth the money. The beauty of the R-75 is that it is a very low priced receiver that has performance specs well above its cost. It is a SUPREME radio in ssb, for DX'ing and utility. It is an "adequate" radio for broadcast listening. The best use of extra money on the R-75 is to buy a nice external speaker. The next step would be the Kiwa sync and audio mod. Other then that, it is what it is.... It will never be a top flight radio for broadcast listening like the R8b. Spending money on optional filters defeats the purpose of getting an R-75. That being, value for dollar. Just my 2 cents. -- Respectfully, Michael Location: New Jersey Primary Receiver: R-75 with full Kiwa mods Antennas: G5RV, 200ft "Frankenstein" roof wire Additional Radios: 7600GR,KA-1101,KA-1102 PL-550, KA-989, Info-Mate 837, GE-SR III Westinghouse H-104 (seven tube) Web Site: http://md_dxing.tripod.com Michael I bought the 2.8 9m filter for ECSS and Hams and I love it. Perfect for those pesky AM stations and fantastic for Hams. I paid a whole $60 shipped off Ebay. My $50 rebate will pay for it. The twin PBT on the R-75 can't be beat for DX'ing. The receiver is extremely sensitive. There is no better rig for SSB for the money. So for $485 {$425 for the receiver plus $60} I have a brand *new radio with a warranty, a bunch of filters I can MIX and match plus *DSP. Throw those twin PBT into the picture...and well you get the picture! Lucky I paid $450.00 for mine brand new and it came with the free UT-106 DSP untit. I did not buy any additional filters, but I did have the Kiwa mods done. The sync mod was $45.00 and the audio upgrade was $35.00. Both mods were worth the price. One interesting thing I noticed with the sync mod. Asside from improving the over all performance of the stock sync, it also improved the performance of the NR function of the DSP module. Before the Kiwa mods, the best you could do was set the DSP NR to a setting of about 6 before you got all sorts of wobble. After the Kiwa sync mod, I can use NR settings all the way up to 15 without the distortion I got before the mod. There was no mention that the Kiwa sync mod would improve the function of the DSP NR, but it did. Using ECSS with the DSP module and the twin BPT, I find I can clean up just about any weak and messy signal. Given the possible combinations that those features and be tweaked in, I never saw need for an extra filter. For only $ 60.00 though, I'd add filters. I'd want a 2.8 kHz filter in the 9 MHz IF and a 3.3 kHz filter in the 455 kHz IF. That would be kewl !!!! If you could point me to where I could get them for $ 60.00, I'd buy them tonight !!!! Michael He wants much more for the 257, not $60. More like $155 for the 257 shipped. Lucky |
Michael wrote:
"jimg" wrote in message ... 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 I've been using my R-75 with the stock filters for two years. I also have experience with the Drake R8 series and the Kenwood R-5000 to compare the stock R-75 performance to. IMO, you really dont need any additional filters in the R-75. It does just fine with what it comes with. In the situations where you would need a different filter, there are tricks you can do with the radio to make up for it. You would get some use out of an optional filter, but it wont be worth the money. The beauty of the R-75 is that it is a very low priced receiver that has performance specs well above its cost. It is a SUPREME radio in ssb, for DX'ing and utility. It is an "adequate" radio for broadcast listening. The best use of extra money on the R-75 is to buy a nice external speaker. The next step would be the Kiwa sync and audio mod. Other then that, it is what it is.... It will never be a top flight radio for broadcast listening like the R8b. Spending money on optional filters defeats the purpose of getting an R-75. That being, value for dollar. Just my 2 cents. BaSically, I agree. I pondered the idea of getting the extra filters, but given my listening preferences, there is no way I'd get my money's worth out of them. The most useful thing you can get for the Icom is the DSP filter, which it invariably comes with today, anyhow. And with the exellent ECSS capability, I don't even miss the Kiwa mod. Tony ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
"Lucky" wrote in message ... "Michael" wrote in message ... "Lucky" wrote in message ... "Michael" wrote in message ... "jimg" wrote in message ... 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 I've been using my R-75 with the stock filters for two years. I also have experience with the Drake R8 series and the Kenwood R-5000 to compare the stock R-75 performance to. IMO, you really dont need any additional filters in the R-75. It does just fine with what it comes with. In the situations where you would need a different filter, there are tricks you can do with the radio to make up for it. You would get some use out of an optional filter, but it wont be worth the money. The beauty of the R-75 is that it is a very low priced receiver that has performance specs well above its cost. It is a SUPREME radio in ssb, for DX'ing and utility. It is an "adequate" radio for broadcast listening. The best use of extra money on the R-75 is to buy a nice external speaker. The next step would be the Kiwa sync and audio mod. Other then that, it is what it is.... It will never be a top flight radio for broadcast listening like the R8b. Spending money on optional filters defeats the purpose of getting an R-75. That being, value for dollar. Just my 2 cents. -- Respectfully, Michael Location: New Jersey Primary Receiver: R-75 with full Kiwa mods Antennas: G5RV, 200ft "Frankenstein" roof wire Additional Radios: 7600GR,KA-1101,KA-1102 PL-550, KA-989, Info-Mate 837, GE-SR III Westinghouse H-104 (seven tube) Web Site: http://md_dxing.tripod.com Michael I bought the 2.8 9m filter for ECSS and Hams and I love it. Perfect for those pesky AM stations and fantastic for Hams. I paid a whole $60 shipped off Ebay. My $50 rebate will pay for it. The twin PBT on the R-75 can't be beat for DX'ing. The receiver is extremely sensitive. There is no better rig for SSB for the money. So for $485 {$425 for the receiver plus $60} I have a brand *new radio with a warranty, a bunch of filters I can MIX and match plus *DSP. Throw those twin PBT into the picture...and well you get the picture! Lucky I paid $450.00 for mine brand new and it came with the free UT-106 DSP untit. I did not buy any additional filters, but I did have the Kiwa mods done. The sync mod was $45.00 and the audio upgrade was $35.00. Both mods were worth the price. One interesting thing I noticed with the sync mod. Asside from improving the over all performance of the stock sync, it also improved the performance of the NR function of the DSP module. Before the Kiwa mods, the best you could do was set the DSP NR to a setting of about 6 before you got all sorts of wobble. After the Kiwa sync mod, I can use NR settings all the way up to 15 without the distortion I got before the mod. There was no mention that the Kiwa sync mod would improve the function of the DSP NR, but it did. Using ECSS with the DSP module and the twin BPT, I find I can clean up just about any weak and messy signal. Given the possible combinations that those features and be tweaked in, I never saw need for an extra filter. For only $ 60.00 though, I'd add filters. I'd want a 2.8 kHz filter in the 9 MHz IF and a 3.3 kHz filter in the 455 kHz IF. That would be kewl !!!! If you could point me to where I could get them for $ 60.00, I'd buy them tonight !!!! Michael He wants much more for the 257, not $60. More like $155 for the 257 shipped. Lucky $ 155 is too much !!!! It isnt over priced, but I wouldent spend that much for a filter for an R-75. Id save up a few more bucks and get another radio :-) Thanx for the tip, though !!! Michael |
"Michael" wrote in message ... "Lucky" wrote in message ... "Michael" wrote in message ... "Lucky" wrote in message ... "Michael" wrote in message ... "jimg" wrote in message ... 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 I've been using my R-75 with the stock filters for two years. I also have experience with the Drake R8 series and the Kenwood R-5000 to compare the stock R-75 performance to. IMO, you really dont need any additional filters in the R-75. It does just fine with what it comes with. In the situations where you would need a different filter, there are tricks you can do with the radio to make up for it. You would get some use out of an optional filter, but it wont be worth the money. The beauty of the R-75 is that it is a very low priced receiver that has performance specs well above its cost. It is a SUPREME radio in ssb, for DX'ing and utility. It is an "adequate" radio for broadcast listening. The best use of extra money on the R-75 is to buy a nice external speaker. The next step would be the Kiwa sync and audio mod. Other then that, it is what it is.... It will never be a top flight radio for broadcast listening like the R8b. Spending money on optional filters defeats the purpose of getting an R-75. That being, value for dollar. Just my 2 cents. -- Respectfully, Michael Location: New Jersey Primary Receiver: R-75 with full Kiwa mods Antennas: G5RV, 200ft "Frankenstein" roof wire Additional Radios: 7600GR,KA-1101,KA-1102 PL-550, KA-989, Info-Mate 837, GE-SR III Westinghouse H-104 (seven tube) Web Site: http://md_dxing.tripod.com Michael I bought the 2.8 9m filter for ECSS and Hams and I love it. Perfect for those pesky AM stations and fantastic for Hams. I paid a whole $60 shipped off Ebay. My $50 rebate will pay for it. The twin PBT on the R-75 can't be beat for DX'ing. The receiver is extremely sensitive. There is no better rig for SSB for the money. So for $485 {$425 for the receiver plus $60} I have a brand *new radio with a warranty, a bunch of filters I can MIX and match plus *DSP. Throw those twin PBT into the picture...and well you get the picture! Lucky I paid $450.00 for mine brand new and it came with the free UT-106 DSP untit. I did not buy any additional filters, but I did have the Kiwa mods done. The sync mod was $45.00 and the audio upgrade was $35.00. Both mods were worth the price. One interesting thing I noticed with the sync mod. Asside from improving the over all performance of the stock sync, it also improved the performance of the NR function of the DSP module. Before the Kiwa mods, the best you could do was set the DSP NR to a setting of about 6 before you got all sorts of wobble. After the Kiwa sync mod, I can use NR settings all the way up to 15 without the distortion I got before the mod. There was no mention that the Kiwa sync mod would improve the function of the DSP NR, but it did. Using ECSS with the DSP module and the twin BPT, I find I can clean up just about any weak and messy signal. Given the possible combinations that those features and be tweaked in, I never saw need for an extra filter. For only $ 60.00 though, I'd add filters. I'd want a 2.8 kHz filter in the 9 MHz IF and a 3.3 kHz filter in the 455 kHz IF. That would be kewl !!!! If you could point me to where I could get them for $ 60.00, I'd buy them tonight !!!! Michael He wants much more for the 257, not $60. More like $155 for the 257 shipped. Lucky $ 155 is too much !!!! It isnt over priced, but I wouldent spend that much for a filter for an R-75. Id save up a few more bucks and get another radio :-) Thanx for the tip, though !!! Michael Just get the 2.8 I hear the 3.3 is too wide. Let's the carrier and other garbage in. Price/performance wise all you need is the 2.8 Lucky |
"Tony Meloche" wrote in message ... Michael wrote: "jimg" wrote in message ... 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 I've been using my R-75 with the stock filters for two years. I also have experience with the Drake R8 series and the Kenwood R-5000 to compare the stock R-75 performance to. IMO, you really dont need any additional filters in the R-75. It does just fine with what it comes with. In the situations where you would need a different filter, there are tricks you can do with the radio to make up for it. You would get some use out of an optional filter, but it wont be worth the money. The beauty of the R-75 is that it is a very low priced receiver that has performance specs well above its cost. It is a SUPREME radio in ssb, for DX'ing and utility. It is an "adequate" radio for broadcast listening. The best use of extra money on the R-75 is to buy a nice external speaker. The next step would be the Kiwa sync and audio mod. Other then that, it is what it is.... It will never be a top flight radio for broadcast listening like the R8b. Spending money on optional filters defeats the purpose of getting an R-75. That being, value for dollar. Just my 2 cents. BaSically, I agree. I pondered the idea of getting the extra filters, but given my listening preferences, there is no way I'd get my money's worth out of them. The most useful thing you can get for the Icom is the DSP filter, which it invariably comes with today, anyhow. And with the exellent ECSS capability, I don't even miss the Kiwa mod. Tony ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- I agree. For $485 I have DSP and a bunch of filters I can play with. Well worth the money. Lucky |
jimg wrote:
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 get the Ten-Tec -- Brian Denley http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html |
I hope you mean the 320 and not the 350.
the 350 is a piece of SH!t I emailed them, they have NO plans to upgrade the firmware and it has been two and 1/2 years now I OWNED one so I know the 350 sucks "Brian Denley" wrote in message ... jimg wrote: 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 get the Ten-Tec -- Brian Denley http://home.comcast.net/~b.denley/index.html |
thanks to everyone for their advice. I appreciate it, and though it
makes me more confident about buying an R-75, it's clear that for DX I should get the sync det pll filter kiwa mod and the audio mod as well as the narrower 9mhz if filter...so up to $800...wow.. also to answer someone...my antenna is a 120' end fed sloper with 10:1 balun and a dual ground rod system, i.e. one rod within 8' of the balun, and another within 10' of the rcvr. the input coax is 50' low loss r8u. thnx all, jimg jimg Oregon USA |
patgkz wrote:
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. It does make me wonder how the Icom filters could be worth what they get for them. You can buy the legendary Collins mechanical filters for those prices. Drake made a good decision by using a low second IF (50-Khz) which permits the use of much less costly LC filters that perform well. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
mike maghakian wrote:
I hope you mean the 320 and not the 350. the 350 is a piece of SH!t I emailed them, they have NO plans to upgrade the firmware and it has been two and 1/2 years now I OWNED one so I know the 350 sucks Is anyone else working on upgrades for the 350? ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
If you don't use FM a lot consider replacing the 15 kHz 9 mhz pre filter
FL23 with a 6 khz filter. This filter is about 2/3 of the way back just left of center on the main board. It looks like a crystal with 3 legs. You can get it from ICOM for $18.00 plus shipping. It is 9M6A1 FL-116 6kHz BW: part number 201 0000 950. You do have to lift the main board to replace it but it isn't that hard to do. Also check out Kiwa (http://www.kiwa.com/) He has a 3.8 khz filter module. 73, Chuck |
So for $485 {$425 for the receiver plus $60} I have a brand *new radio
with a warranty, a bunch of filters I can MIX and match plus *DSP. Throw those twin PBT into the picture...and well you get the picture! Lucky Hmmm....now I know why they call you "Lucky". So what to you spend the most time listening to? You HF-150 or your R75? Steve |
Interesting thing about those Collins filters.......................I know
that about a year ago, you could buy them direct from Rockwell Filter Products, Costa Mesa, Ca for just under 90 dollars, shipped. Some of the radio manufacturers were selling them for upwards of 120 dollars. Pete "starman" wrote in message ... patgkz wrote: 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. It does make me wonder how the Icom filters could be worth what they get for them. You can buy the legendary Collins mechanical filters for those prices. Drake made a good decision by using a low second IF (50-Khz) which permits the use of much less costly LC filters that perform well. ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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