"junius" wrote in message
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I know that there are some who consider the E1 to be priced too highly.
That's fine. Perhaps it is by one standard or another. In any case,
I have found it worth the price because it nicely fills an important
niche for me. Sure, I could have paid 500 + x and gotten an Icom R75.
But I have no need for an R75. I have a number of tabletop sets,
including a Drake R8B. While, true, I can hook a tabletop up to a

How does the E1's sync detector compare with the R8B? I don't think $500 is
too high. The Sony SW77 was nearly that much.