"jimg" wrote in message
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any opinions about which to buy for dx...
a 1992 drake r8 or a 2004 icom r-75 w dsp but without kiwa mods.

thnx
jimg
Oregon
USA

Get the R-75 with DSP. The old Drake's encoders go bad after a while. I have
read about several people having to send them in to Drake for new ones. Now,
while the R8 does have a optical encoder as opposed to the later models
mechcanical, those go bad too.

If you're into SSB and DXing, get the R-75. If you program listen mostly,
get the Drake. But I have no problem doing BCB on the R-75.

Remember, the R-75 has Twin PBT and filters you mix and match plus DSP and
it's newer. Can't be beat for the money.

Good luck.

Lucky