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HamBone March 15th 05 05:07 PM

Very glad that I bought mine 18 mos ago from Gigaparts - I absolutely love
this radio. Now that it is being discoed, I don't think I will ever sell it.
Replaced an FRG100 with it and am very pleased with the performance right
out of the box. IMO, best shortwave out there for its price...



[email protected] March 15th 05 05:39 PM

I just called Universal radio and they said they just ordered 250 and
they know NOTHING about it being discontinued.


[email protected] March 15th 05 05:44 PM

called grove enterprises and they know nothing aboutthe R75 or the R8B
being discontinued.

hard to believe two of the top SW receiver vendors in this country
can't keep a grip on two of their most important products !!!


dxAce March 15th 05 05:52 PM



wrote:

I just called Universal radio and they said they just ordered 250 and
they know NOTHING about it being discontinued.


Sure they do...

http://www.universal-radio.com/catal...rxvr/0175.html

Scroll down and read it!

dxAce
Michigan
USA



dxAce March 15th 05 05:54 PM



wrote:

called grove enterprises and they know nothing aboutthe R75 or the R8B
being discontinued.


Well, they certainly knew about the R8B yesterday, I know, because I actually
spoke to them. They said at the time that they had two left, and there were no
more to be had from Drake.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



[email protected] March 15th 05 06:00 PM

The order taker must not have a clue. Their wesbite is explicit:

"Availability Note:
Icom has discontinued the R75. No replacement is currently planned.
Universal Radio obtained a quantity of this model before it was
discontinued. We are pleased to be able continue to offer this
excellent radio."


Invader3K March 15th 05 06:09 PM

My question is...the R75 seems to still be a very popular receiver. Why
would they discontinue it at this point? It's not all that old even, is
it?

Someone earlier asked about the Yaesu FRG-100...I believe that one is
discontinued as well. Passport 2005 mentions that.


dxAce March 15th 05 06:12 PM



Invader3K wrote:

My question is...the R75 seems to still be a very popular receiver. Why
would they discontinue it at this point? It's not all that old even, is
it?

Someone earlier asked about the Yaesu FRG-100...I believe that one is
discontinued as well. Passport 2005 mentions that.


There is no indication at present on the Universal site of The FRG-100 being
discontinued.

dxAce
Michigan
USA



[email protected] March 15th 05 06:23 PM

I would like to hope that Icom will announce another high performing
receiver, but I think they are discontinuing it because of lack of
demand. Kenwood departed from the SWL market a decade ago after
producing one of the finest receivers ever to hit the amateur market -
the R5000.

If Taesu is gone (I don't know that) I guess this leaves AOR and Japan
Radio as makers of high performance shortwave receivers.


Invader3K wrote:
My question is...the R75 seems to still be a very popular receiver.

Why
would they discontinue it at this point? It's not all that old even,

is
it?

Someone earlier asked about the Yaesu FRG-100...I believe that one is
discontinued as well. Passport 2005 mentions that.



[email protected] March 15th 05 06:36 PM

Recently,the Drake R8B's and now the Icom R75's.I wonder which will be
next? True,we can't expect them to be continued forever.
cuhulin



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