Lee wrote:
I've been away from this stuff for many years and recently bought a
NRD-525 on EBay. I'm a little disappointed in the results I'm
getting. A lot of noise and not a lot of stations, although some such
as Tiawan are very clear. At this point my antenna is a 40 ro 50 foot
wire strung out to a tree in my yard. I've been told that the ICOM
R75 is better due to newer design. There is no way for me to try one
or even look at one other than to buy it. Is the R75 are better
reciever? I mostly just want to hear commercial stations from other
countries.

Thanks for your time.

I have 8 or so receivers here working off the same antenna (active
multicoupler) and the reception on all of them is pretty much limited by my
antenna. If you can't get a station with your NRD-525 (an excellent
receiver BTW though I don't like the audio), you wont receive it on any
other receiver either. The atmospheric conditions lately are pretty bad.
Where are you located and what times and frequencies are you listening to?

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