In article ,
"Lisa Simpson" wrote:

ok, ya ready for a dumb question? : }

Does anyone have a used Icom R75 they're looking to sell?

As a novice listener I advise you to look for a different radio. The
controls are not intuitive and it would probably take me a while of
operating that radio to get the most from it. If you like tweaking the
radio then don't let this stop you. Some people like to play with the
controls and some don't.

If you spend more time listening to utility/ham/SSB than SW broadcast
then again you might consider the R75 but on the other hand if your
interests go the other way then consider another radio with better
sync, AGC and audio characteristics.

Importantly if you decide to get the R75 make sure it has all the
latest of the "mods" for the AGC, sync and audio. These "mods" either
fix or improve problems with that radios performance. Also this radio
has an optional DSP module. I would want that in the radio. If it has
all this stuff and is in good alignment and physical shape and your
listening interests support it then consider it.

One more thing, the speaker is small and poor sounding so expect to use
headphones or an inexpensive external bookshelf speaker with it.

Please post to the news group about what you get and how it works out
for you. Any table top radio will be a big step up from portable
performance with a outside antenna.

Good luck with your purchase and good listening to you.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

Based on your comments, now I am less sure I want the R75. My listening
interest is purely SW. Based on that, what tabletop model would be the
best?

Lotsa opinions expected! : }

My calendar: http://calendar.yahoo.com/public/earlwphillipsjr
"Telamon" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Lisa Simpson" wrote:

ok, ya ready for a dumb question? : }

Does anyone have a used Icom R75 they're looking to sell?

As a novice listener I advise you to look for a different radio. The
controls are not intuitive and it would probably take me a while of
operating that radio to get the most from it. If you like tweaking the
radio then don't let this stop you. Some people like to play with the
controls and some don't.

If you spend more time listening to utility/ham/SSB than SW broadcast
then again you might consider the R75 but on the other hand if your
interests go the other way then consider another radio with better
sync, AGC and audio characteristics.

Importantly if you decide to get the R75 make sure it has all the
latest of the "mods" for the AGC, sync and audio. These "mods" either
fix or improve problems with that radios performance. Also this radio
has an optional DSP module. I would want that in the radio. If it has
all this stuff and is in good alignment and physical shape and your
listening interests support it then consider it.

One more thing, the speaker is small and poor sounding so expect to use
headphones or an inexpensive external bookshelf speaker with it.

Please post to the news group about what you get and how it works out
for you. Any table top radio will be a big step up from portable
performance with a outside antenna.

Good luck with your purchase and good listening to you.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

"Lisa Simpson" wrote in message
. ..
Based on your comments, now I am less sure I want the R75. My listening
interest is purely SW. Based on that, what tabletop model would be the
best?

Lisa: How much do you want to spend? That will likely effect which radios
get recommended...

Jackie

Less than $500

"Buzzygirl" wrote in message
...

"Lisa Simpson" wrote in message
. ..
Based on your comments, now I am less sure I want the R75. My listening
interest is purely SW. Based on that, what tabletop model would be the
best?

Lisa: How much do you want to spend? That will likely effect which radios
get recommended...

Jackie

In article ,
"Lisa Simpson" wrote:

Less than $500

"Buzzygirl" wrote in message
...

"Lisa Simpson" wrote in message
. ..
Based on your comments, now I am less sure I want the R75. My listening
interest is purely SW. Based on that, what tabletop model would be the
best?

Lisa: How much do you want to spend? That will likely effect which radios
get recommended...

The Palstar R30C, Yaesu FRG-100 and Icom R75 are all around $600 new.

There are several nice condition Icom R71 radios on Ebay in the $300 to
$350 range. Currently no R75's on Ebay that I see or at Universal used
page except for the one demo unit for $10 less.

http://electronics.search.ebay.com/I...QQbsZSearchQQc
atrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQco pagenumZ1QQfgtpZQQfposZ
Q5AIPQ2fPostalQQfromZR2QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ2QQftrtZ1QQf trvZ1QQlopgZQQsacatZ150
51QQsadisZ200QQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZQQsaslcZ2QQsbrfto gZ1QQsofocusZunknown

There are some Drakes on Ebay. An SW8 might be a good choice and there
is an R8 and R8A for sale all currently under $500.

http://electronics.search.ebay.com/D...0QQbsZSearchQQ
catrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQc opagenumZ1QQfposZQ5AIPQ
2fPostalQQfromZR10QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ2QQfstypeZ1QQftrt Z1QQftrvZ1QQsacatZ15051
QQsadisZ200QQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofoc usZunknown

Here is a used Yaesu FRG-100 for the current bit of $202.49
http://cgi.ebay.com/Yaesu-FRG-100-Co...W0QQitemZ58564
93794QQcategoryZ15051QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZ ViewItem

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

In article
,
Telamon wrote:

In article ,
"Lisa Simpson" wrote:

Less than $500

"Buzzygirl" wrote in message
...

"Lisa Simpson" wrote in message
. ..
Based on your comments, now I am less sure I want the R75. My listening
interest is purely SW. Based on that, what tabletop model would be the
best?

Lisa: How much do you want to spend? That will likely effect which radios
get recommended...

The Palstar R30C, Yaesu FRG-100 and Icom R75 are all around $600 new.

There are several nice condition Icom R71 radios on Ebay in the $300 to
$350 range. Currently no R75's on Ebay that I see or at Universal used
page except for the one demo unit for $10 less.

http://electronics.search.ebay.com/I...QQbsZSearchQQc
atrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQco pagenumZ1QQfgtpZQQfposZ
Q5AIPQ2fPostalQQfromZR2QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ2QQftrtZ1QQf trvZ1QQlopgZQQsacatZ150
51QQsadisZ200QQsaprchiZQQsaprcloZQQsaslcZ2QQsbrfto gZ1QQsofocusZunknown

There are some Drakes on Ebay. An SW8 might be a good choice and there
is an R8 and R8A for sale all currently under $500.

http://electronics.search.ebay.com/D...0QQbsZSearchQQ
catrefZC6QQcoactionZcompareQQcoentrypageZsearchQQc opagenumZ1QQfposZQ5AIPQ
2fPostalQQfromZR10QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ2QQfstypeZ1QQftrt Z1QQftrvZ1QQsacatZ15051
QQsadisZ200QQsargnZQ2d1QQsaslcZ2QQsbrftogZ1QQsofoc usZunknown

Here is a used Yaesu FRG-100 for the current bit of $202.49
http://cgi.ebay.com/Yaesu-FRG-100-Co...W0QQitemZ58564
93794QQcategoryZ15051QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZ ViewItem

Looks like the search page results link is to long for my news reader to
handle but you can do your own search on Ebay.
http://electronics.listings.ebay.com...ve_Shortwave-R
adio_W0QQfromZR4QQsacatZ15051QQsocmdZListingItemLi st

Just use the search box to the left of the Shortwave Radio drop-down
menu using "Drake" or "Icom" as examples.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 02:12:14 GMT, "Lisa Simpson"
wrote:

Based on your comments, now I am less sure I want the R75. My listening
interest is purely SW. Based on that, what tabletop model would be the
best?

Lotsa opinions expected! : }


If you want to buy new then you are limited to:
AOR 7300
Icom R75
NRD-545
Ten-Tec RX-340
Ten-Tec RX-350
Palstar R30 and it's variants (dependent on the filter choice)
Yaesu FRG-100

Of these, the Icom, Palstar and Yaesu are in the same price class
around 600 dollars, the others range from 1200 - 1800 dollars except
the RX-340 which is a bit over 4000 dollars.

Having gone through this decision myself the first thing I did was to
think about how much of my budget I wanted to put into the hobby and
that left me looking at the 600 dollar range. Was looking at the
Yaesu and Icom and was hard pressed to decide which to buy - ended up
with the Icom as I was able to pick one up that had been traded in
when the owner bought the RX-340. For the less than the Yaesu the
Icom had the extra filters I wanted (at the time - would consider
replacing the narrow with a wider filter for program listening), the
KIWA mods were done and it had the voice synthesizer. I've been happy
with it and will also testify that Telamon's comments about it are
valid - had I not been aware of the audio issue I would've been
disappointed with the radio. The manual is not very well written in
terms of explaining how to use some of the menu items and controls;
there is a Yahoo Group for R75 users (and is open to all) and you can
find decent support from folks there to compensate for the manual.

If you are okay with buying used try to find a Drake R8 series, if
somebody is willing to sell one 8-} Perhaps a JRC 515, 525 or 535 -
perhaps somebody familiar with those could comment on which is the
best to look for.

Hope that helps.

that helps a lot - thank you!

wrote in message
...
On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 02:12:14 GMT, "Lisa Simpson"
wrote:

Based on your comments, now I am less sure I want the R75. My listening
interest is purely SW. Based on that, what tabletop model would be the
best?

Lotsa opinions expected! : }


If you want to buy new then you are limited to:
AOR 7300
Icom R75
NRD-545
Ten-Tec RX-340
Ten-Tec RX-350
Palstar R30 and it's variants (dependent on the filter choice)
Yaesu FRG-100

Of these, the Icom, Palstar and Yaesu are in the same price class
around 600 dollars, the others range from 1200 - 1800 dollars except
the RX-340 which is a bit over 4000 dollars.

Having gone through this decision myself the first thing I did was to
think about how much of my budget I wanted to put into the hobby and
that left me looking at the 600 dollar range. Was looking at the
Yaesu and Icom and was hard pressed to decide which to buy - ended up
with the Icom as I was able to pick one up that had been traded in
when the owner bought the RX-340. For the less than the Yaesu the
Icom had the extra filters I wanted (at the time - would consider
replacing the narrow with a wider filter for program listening), the
KIWA mods were done and it had the voice synthesizer. I've been happy
with it and will also testify that Telamon's comments about it are
valid - had I not been aware of the audio issue I would've been
disappointed with the radio. The manual is not very well written in
terms of explaining how to use some of the menu items and controls;
there is a Yahoo Group for R75 users (and is open to all) and you can
find decent support from folks there to compensate for the manual.

If you are okay with buying used try to find a Drake R8 series, if
somebody is willing to sell one 8-} Perhaps a JRC 515, 525 or 535 -
perhaps somebody familiar with those could comment on which is the
best to look for.

Hope that helps.

I didn't mean to put you off on the R75.

I'm not saying go buy this one because I don't know the specifics on it
but at Universal web site. Here is a Demo unit

http://www.universal-radio.com/alert.html
D931 *ICOM R- 75 DEMO COMM GC DIG 0.3-60MHZ ORIGINAL
559.95 NEW ORIGINAL WARRANTY

A new R75 from them is only $10 more with a free DSP module.
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/commrxvr/0175.html

and for new go here to see current tabletop radios.
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/commrxvr.html

I can recommend a AOR 7030+, Drake R8B and a Ten-Tec RX-340 because I
own them and they are great SW broadcast listening radios but they are
much more expensive than the R75. The Drake R8B is discontinued now so
you will have to buy it used. Universal doesn't have any used ones right
now.

The Yaesu FRG-100B and the Palstar are more in the R75 price range.

If I was you I would go read some reviews on the web.
http://www.radiointel.com/reviews.htm

http://www.dxing.com/rx/rxindex.htm

http://www2.rnw.nl/rnw/en/features/m...ceivers/rx_sor
t1.html



In article ,
"Lisa Simpson" wrote:

Based on your comments, now I am less sure I want the R75. My listening
interest is purely SW. Based on that, what tabletop model would be the
best?

Lotsa opinions expected! : }

My calendar: http://calendar.yahoo.com/public/earlwphillipsjr
"Telamon" wrote in message
...
In article ,
"Lisa Simpson" wrote:

ok, ya ready for a dumb question? : }

Does anyone have a used Icom R75 they're looking to sell?

As a novice listener I advise you to look for a different radio. The
controls are not intuitive and it would probably take me a while of
operating that radio to get the most from it. If you like tweaking the
radio then don't let this stop you. Some people like to play with the
controls and some don't.

If you spend more time listening to utility/ham/SSB than SW broadcast
then again you might consider the R75 but on the other hand if your
interests go the other way then consider another radio with better
sync, AGC and audio characteristics.

Importantly if you decide to get the R75 make sure it has all the
latest of the "mods" for the AGC, sync and audio. These "mods" either
fix or improve problems with that radios performance. Also this radio
has an optional DSP module. I would want that in the radio. If it has
all this stuff and is in good alignment and physical shape and your
listening interests support it then consider it.

One more thing, the speaker is small and poor sounding so expect to use
headphones or an inexpensive external bookshelf speaker with it.

Please post to the news group about what you get and how it works out
for you. Any table top radio will be a big step up from portable
performance with a outside antenna.

Good luck with your purchase and good listening to you.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

My first "real" radio was an R75. Even with the Kiwa mods and the DSP
unit I found it to de disappointing. I eventually sold it and bought a
Drake R8B.

I think the Palstar would be a good "starter" tabletop. If you decide
to get an even more high-end rig later, the Palstar would be great for
DXpeditions or other semi-poriable use. I've even considered getting
one just for the portability, but I've heard that Palstar might come
out with a new receiver this year so I'm holding off.