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I am running Drake R8B and am thinking about buying the ICOM R75.
Does
anybody here own both and could you comment? I think I can probably
still get one for 600 from HRO or Universal.

I can honestly say I own neither, but from having
seen the discussions on r.r.s before about those
two, the IC-R75 is good value for the money, but
the R8B (and the AOR 7030+) are better in absolute
terms. Seems to be the consensus that if you're
on a budget, an IC-R75 will do well. If you do
the work needed to make the R75 roughly the
equal of the R8B, you'll end up spending enough
money extra to make the cost difference between
the R8B and the R75 vanish.

--Mike L.