Martin,

I replaced my R71A with an R75, which is pretty much comparable to the R71. 
They're going for anywhere from $400 to $500 these days.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Martin McCormick" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 16:25
Subject: A Replacement for an Icom R71 Receiver


> I am looking for a communications receiver to replace my
> aging ICR71 which I have had for about 22 years of generally
> great service on HF. I run separate transmit and receive so I
> only need to worry about receiver quality in this decision.
>
> What I have in mind is something with generally the same
> capabilities as the ICR71 with hopefully a serial interface that
> I can use with a computer.
>
> I have a Uniden BC780 scanner which I can fully control
> with the exception of things like volume and squelch from a
> Linux computer. The serial commands are turse, but not hard to
> master.
>
> It would be nice to have that same capability on HF.
> Also, if the HF receiver had that serial interface, it wouldn't
> matter so much if it had an on-board speech output since the
> computer could read the information one needed and its speech
> synthesizer would tell you what frequency was being heard.
>
> I seem to remember the ICR71 was around 600 Dollars so I
> am figuring on needing to spend something similar.  I think
> every 20 to 25 years, it's time for a newer receiver.
>
> The R71 is still working, but getting really strange
> glitches in its behavior, probably due to electrolytic
> capacitors reaching the end of their lives.
>
> Any suggestions are appreciated.
>
> Martin McCormick WB5AGZ  Stillwater, OK
> Systems Engineer
> OSU Information Technology Department Network Operations Group
>
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