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My R8B was fixed by Drake for $150 labor and $15 in parts. Works right
now.

I am playing with it now. Maybe this weekend I will put it up against
my R75. I don't expect the stock R75 to do very well against the
Drake. R75 audio sucks. Maybe next week I will send R75 out for mods
and then a real test.

73
Bob

Ok we will see.

I thought that I would sell the Drake if the Icom performs as well.
You may be right and I will sell the Icom. Or I will keep both.

The wife said to pay the bike off before I spend another penny on the
project car. I got too much money invested in radios - if that is
possible

73
Bob
N9NEO

Just say NEO!

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My R8B was fixed by Drake for $150 labor and $15 in parts. Works right
now.

I am playing with it now. Maybe this weekend I will put it up against
my R75. I don't expect the stock R75 to do very well against the
Drake. R75 audio sucks. Maybe next week I will send R75 out for mods
and then a real test.

73
Bob

The R75 is a better utility and DX'ing rig then the R8b. The audio quality
of the R75 does not "suck". It is quite good when heard through an external
speaker set up. It is EXCELLENT when the R75 has a simple audio mod done to
it. I have an R75 with the Kiwa mods and it use it through my PC's sound
card and I also employ a full software equalizer. I can get it to sound
fantastic under any circumstances. While the R8b's am sync does a fine job
with moderate fade, it is by no means a remedy for listening to very weak
and messy signals. For that task, the tool you need to use is ECSS tuning.
The R75 is excellent at that task. With the dual PBT it is like having an
unlimited number of bandwidths. You also have two levels of preamp to work
with and noise reduction too if you add the UT-106 DSP unit. That is the
way to handle challenging signals and resolve them into something you can
listen to.

Michael

That's what scares me off of buying a high end radio.Sooner or later,it
will probally cost some high end money to get it repaired.My old radios
I bought second hand that were working ok then,are still working ok now.
cuhulin

spend your $$$ in a good set of antennas...

I HAD a SONY 7600, now have the R-75..

YES..! the R-75 is a truly great DX box..
BUT the 7600 & others like it are close..

A good Antenna makes much diference, IMHO