wrote:
This is probably nothing, but I noticed that Universal has deleted the
message that once used to be on its R-75 ad, stating that the R-75 is
discontinued. I then went to the Icom America website, and noticed that
the R-75 is there, even though I seem to recall its having been removed
at one point.

Is there more to this than I think?

Steve



I was in ham radio outlet in Sunnyvale, CA yesterday and asked about
this particular issue as there are not many SWL receivers now in the
~$500 range. I was told that they had talked to Icom about it (They
move a LOT of Icom out of this HRO location, very friendly with them.)
and that Icom had to discontinue it because one of the key component
suppliers went out of business and there weren't alternatives for that
component. They said they had spoken to Icom and that they were working
on redesigning the R75 into a new radio without the component. If this
is in fact true, they'll likely release it as a new radio. (Anyone for
an IC-R85?)

Icom, if you're reading this, please fix the SSB on the new one, and
keep all the stuff about the R75 we all love. Oh, and it would be
really nice if you continue to include the DSP option, in fact, just put
it in as standard at the factory. Widen out the AM just a tad to
improve program listening for those of us who don't always want to chase
utility, improve the speaker just a bit too. Oh, and try to keep the
~$500 price point, I think that is the sweet spot for tabletop units.
Should produce enough sales volume for you to own this segment of the
tabletop market. I'd even pay ~$600 for all the improvements.

p.s. a nice option would be a daughter board like the JRC-545 for a few
hundred dollars that allows me to expand it into a wide-coverage
receiver. That way you won't have to put out a replacement for the 8500...

People can purchase a whole computer, including monitor and keyboard
for less than darn glorified radio...

.... obliviously, this is not working like it used to...

Buy a cheap degen, put up a good antenna and you are in business...
$500+ dollars more just for a bit of signal improvement is obviously
not worth it, only the brain dead still pursue that route...

John

"Alan Dye" wrote in message
news
wrote:
This is probably nothing, but I noticed that Universal has deleted
the
message that once used to be on its R-75 ad, stating that the R-75
is
discontinued. I then went to the Icom America website, and noticed
that
the R-75 is there, even though I seem to recall its having been
removed
at one point. Is there more to this than I think?

Steve



I was in ham radio outlet in Sunnyvale, CA yesterday and asked about
this particular issue as there are not many SWL receivers now in the
~$500 range. I was told that they had talked to Icom about it (They
move a LOT of Icom out of this HRO location, very friendly with
them.) and that Icom had to discontinue it because one of the key
component suppliers went out of business and there weren't
alternatives for that component. They said they had spoken to Icom
and that they were working on redesigning the R75 into a new radio
without the component. If this is in fact true, they'll likely
release it as a new radio. (Anyone for an IC-R85?)

Icom, if you're reading this, please fix the SSB on the new one, and
keep all the stuff about the R75 we all love. Oh, and it would be
really nice if you continue to include the DSP option, in fact, just
put it in as standard at the factory. Widen out the AM just a tad
to improve program listening for those of us who don't always want
to chase utility, improve the speaker just a bit too. Oh, and try to
keep the ~$500 price point, I think that is the sweet spot for
tabletop units. Should produce enough sales volume for you to own
this segment of the tabletop market. I'd even pay ~$600 for all the
improvements.

p.s. a nice option would be a daughter board like the JRC-545 for a
few hundred dollars that allows me to expand it into a wide-coverage
receiver. That way you won't have to put out a replacement for the
8500...

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
People can purchase a whole computer, including monitor and keyboard for
less than darn glorified radio...

... obliviously, this is not working like it used to...

Buy a cheap degen, put up a good antenna and you are in business...
$500+ dollars more just for a bit of signal improvement is obviously not
worth it, only the brain dead still pursue that route...

John

"Alan Dye" wrote in message
news
wrote:
This is probably nothing, but I noticed that Universal has deleted the
message that once used to be on its R-75 ad, stating that the R-75 is
discontinued. I then went to the Icom America website, and noticed that
the R-75 is there, even though I seem to recall its having been removed
at one point. Is there more to this than I think?

Steve



I was in ham radio outlet in Sunnyvale, CA yesterday and asked about this
particular issue as there are not many SWL receivers now in the ~$500
range. I was told that they had talked to Icom about it (They move a LOT
of Icom out of this HRO location, very friendly with them.) and that Icom
had to discontinue it because one of the key component suppliers went out
of business and there weren't alternatives for that component. They said
they had spoken to Icom and that they were working on redesigning the R75
into a new radio without the component. If this is in fact true, they'll
likely release it as a new radio. (Anyone for an IC-R85?)

Icom, if you're reading this, please fix the SSB on the new one, and keep
all the stuff about the R75 we all love. Oh, and it would be really nice
if you continue to include the DSP option, in fact, just put it in as
standard at the factory. Widen out the AM just a tad to improve program
listening for those of us who don't always want to chase utility, improve
the speaker just a bit too. Oh, and try to keep the ~$500 price point, I
think that is the sweet spot for tabletop units. Should produce enough
sales volume for you to own this segment of the tabletop market. I'd
even pay ~$600 for all the improvements.

p.s. a nice option would be a daughter board like the JRC-545 for a few
hundred dollars that allows me to expand it into a wide-coverage
receiver. That way you won't have to put out a replacement for the
8500...



I don't think that is fair or nice statement.
While I like my DE 1103 a lot, I sure as hell can't DX on it like I can on
my R75.
And I'm insulted you group people in this hobby as "brain dead" cause they
want a better quality receiver.

You cannot compare the Degen to the Icom R75 with even the best of antennas.
Yes you'll pick up many of the signals but that's it. Not very enjoyable
listening for SSB but for outdoor use it suffices.

Lucky

Yanno...

I have a Corvette, a buick and a harley--all of 'em will get me to the
store and back, the cars work better when it is raining...

I look kewl'er on the harley when at the bar chatting up the girls...
grin

John

"Lucky" wrote in message
...

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
People can purchase a whole computer, including monitor and
keyboard for less than darn glorified radio...

... obliviously, this is not working like it used to...

Buy a cheap degen, put up a good antenna and you are in business...
$500+ dollars more just for a bit of signal improvement is
obviously not worth it, only the brain dead still pursue that
route...

John

"Alan Dye" wrote in message
news
wrote:
This is probably nothing, but I noticed that Universal has
deleted the
message that once used to be on its R-75 ad, stating that the
R-75 is
discontinued. I then went to the Icom America website, and
noticed that
the R-75 is there, even though I seem to recall its having been
removed
at one point. Is there more to this than I think?

Steve



I was in ham radio outlet in Sunnyvale, CA yesterday and asked
about this particular issue as there are not many SWL receivers
now in the ~$500 range. I was told that they had talked to Icom
about it (They move a LOT of Icom out of this HRO location, very
friendly with them.) and that Icom had to discontinue it because
one of the key component suppliers went out of business and there
weren't alternatives for that component. They said they had
spoken to Icom and that they were working on redesigning the R75
into a new radio without the component. If this is in fact true,
they'll likely release it as a new radio. (Anyone for an IC-R85?)

Icom, if you're reading this, please fix the SSB on the new one,
and keep all the stuff about the R75 we all love. Oh, and it
would be really nice if you continue to include the DSP option, in
fact, just put it in as standard at the factory. Widen out the AM
just a tad to improve program listening for those of us who don't
always want to chase utility, improve the speaker just a bit too.
Oh, and try to keep the ~$500 price point, I think that is the
sweet spot for tabletop units. Should produce enough sales volume
for you to own this segment of the tabletop market. I'd even pay
~$600 for all the improvements.

p.s. a nice option would be a daughter board like the JRC-545 for
a few hundred dollars that allows me to expand it into a
wide-coverage receiver. That way you won't have to put out a
replacement for the 8500...



I don't think that is fair or nice statement.
While I like my DE 1103 a lot, I sure as hell can't DX on it like I
can on my R75.
And I'm insulted you group people in this hobby as "brain dead"
cause they want a better quality receiver.

You cannot compare the Degen to the Icom R75 with even the best of
antennas. Yes you'll pick up many of the signals but that's it. Not
very enjoyable listening for SSB but for outdoor use it suffices.

Lucky

In fact, why bother with any of this ancient junk being sold at too
high a price...

Here is 9Khz to 180Mhz for anyone with a computer, I got mine off ebay
for $200, but suddenly don't see 'em there any more, guess the idgits
that wanna pay too much have already chased the price up quite a bit!
http://www.thiecom.de/english/g313i/

All you need is a computer with pci slots and you have a real
state-of-the-art receiver...

John

"Lucky" wrote in message
...

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
People can purchase a whole computer, including monitor and
keyboard for less than darn glorified radio...

... obliviously, this is not working like it used to...

Buy a cheap degen, put up a good antenna and you are in business...
$500+ dollars more just for a bit of signal improvement is
obviously not worth it, only the brain dead still pursue that
route...

John

"Alan Dye" wrote in message
news
wrote:
This is probably nothing, but I noticed that Universal has
deleted the
message that once used to be on its R-75 ad, stating that the
R-75 is
discontinued. I then went to the Icom America website, and
noticed that
the R-75 is there, even though I seem to recall its having been
removed
at one point. Is there more to this than I think?

Steve



I was in ham radio outlet in Sunnyvale, CA yesterday and asked
about this particular issue as there are not many SWL receivers
now in the ~$500 range. I was told that they had talked to Icom
about it (They move a LOT of Icom out of this HRO location, very
friendly with them.) and that Icom had to discontinue it because
one of the key component suppliers went out of business and there
weren't alternatives for that component. They said they had
spoken to Icom and that they were working on redesigning the R75
into a new radio without the component. If this is in fact true,
they'll likely release it as a new radio. (Anyone for an IC-R85?)

Icom, if you're reading this, please fix the SSB on the new one,
and keep all the stuff about the R75 we all love. Oh, and it
would be really nice if you continue to include the DSP option, in
fact, just put it in as standard at the factory. Widen out the AM
just a tad to improve program listening for those of us who don't
always want to chase utility, improve the speaker just a bit too.
Oh, and try to keep the ~$500 price point, I think that is the
sweet spot for tabletop units. Should produce enough sales volume
for you to own this segment of the tabletop market. I'd even pay
~$600 for all the improvements.

p.s. a nice option would be a daughter board like the JRC-545 for
a few hundred dollars that allows me to expand it into a
wide-coverage receiver. That way you won't have to put out a
replacement for the 8500...



I don't think that is fair or nice statement.
While I like my DE 1103 a lot, I sure as hell can't DX on it like I
can on my R75.
And I'm insulted you group people in this hobby as "brain dead"
cause they want a better quality receiver.

You cannot compare the Degen to the Icom R75 with even the best of
antennas. Yes you'll pick up many of the signals but that's it. Not
very enjoyable listening for SSB but for outdoor use it suffices.

Lucky