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...

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

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 !!!

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

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

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."

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.

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

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.

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