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July 14th 05, 04:22 PM
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"Eric F. Richards" wrote in message ... "Lucky" wrote: "Eric F. Richards" wrote in message ... "Michael" wrote: I find that there isn't anything that I can hear with the R-75 that I can hear with more expensive radios. That's true. Images, birdies, artifacts, intermodulation products -- it's all there. The R-75 is dumpster fodder. Value? yep. Value for money? yep. Absolutely a good value? Not even close. You need to experience a truly good radio. See http://www.sherweng.com for some guidelines. I personally think you made a fool out of yourself with your drivel and that's about it. Lucky You can believe that all you want. I owned an R75 for years. When I was selling it at a hamfest, Bob Sherwood came by and I offered it to him, and he just laughed. I'll say it again: It *is* value for the money, but it is *not* an absolute value. For me, the issue that is important is front-end overload. There are several flamethrowers that put millivolts worth of signal on my antennas. I don't have problems with close-in dynamic range... no one should really have problems with sensitivity on HF. The R75 was nothing but images below 10 MHz without both preamps off and the attenuator on. -- Eric F. Richards "Nature abhors a vacuum tube." -- Myron Glass, often attributed to J. R. Pierce, Bell Labs, c. 1940 Hi I have about 10 radios. For $425, the R75 is my best rig. I have no problem with images here in Miami. There are many Hams down here and lots of the time the bands are terrible. But, with my R75, I can clean the signal up very well and enjoy the conversations. I can't do this with my other rigs. Here they. They are not all very good but I started out as a novice. 1] Kenwood 5000 2] Lowe HF-150 3] JVC NRD 525 4] Yaesu FRG-7 5] TenTec 320-D for DRM 6] Yaesu FRG-7700 7] Nasa Target HF3 8] Kenwood QR-666 {really the R300} 9] Degen 1103 10] Icom R75 I would say the next best rig is the HF-150 then the 5000 and 525 are about equal with the 525 giving you a few more options. If I mean business I use the R75. All I know is that I bought a brand NEW radio with **DSP and **dual PBT plus easy computer control for $425. Just being able to mix and match filters is superb. The built in 2 level pre-amp works great. How in the freaken world can you argue this point? How? Point me to a decent receiver for $425. Please, show me so I can buy it. Lucky |
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