I had the shack like that once but then decided to have a race car too and
run my own team for a friend to drive and had to cut back on radio stuff to
still not afford that. I'll never get back to what I was before and now I
have no clue how I had the room either. I had an HF radio for about every
day of the week, from older tube gear to new stuff. Now I have 1 radio for
hf, 1 duel bander, a couple 2 meter radios sitting around and the 706 in my
go kit. It works but some times I like to sit in front of something
different.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brett Winches" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 8:41 AM
Subject: Re: A Replacement for an Icom R71 Receiver
> Agreed. I do like the 430 and will hang on to it even if I get a new HF
> rig sometime. I have let far too many good radios go in various horse
> trades and outright trade in transactions. Some how the shack with six
> or 7 of everything still holds my dream but doubt I will ever do that
> again. I have somewhere a sample of my first novice transmitter a Heath
> DX40b. Wonder what the b stood for? I am not familiar with the history
> of that rig. That along with my Vibroplex Zephyr and Spies Radio Works
> Pole changer straight key are among my earliest acquisitions. =20
>
> ###
> BRETT WINCHESTER
> [log in to unmask]
> 208-639-8386
> ###
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lou Kline
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 6:05 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: A Replacement for an Icom R71 Receiver
>
> Hi Brett.
>
> Just another comment. The Icom 701 was really built in the dark ages
> when we were just figuring out how to do frequency synthesis, and it
> wasn't that good or that reliable. Any of the radios today are going to
> sound so much better and be so much easier to tune that it is like
> comparing a 1930s Ford to a modern mini van. Both are based on the same
> concepts but we've gotten a little better at it over the years.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 05:16 PM 8/1/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>>Hey lou,
>>
>>How does the drake compare to the Icom performance wise or have you had
>
>>your hands on both? I am a ditw Drake fan ever since I had my tr3. =20
>>The
>>sp4 was awesome with that rig. Sure beat the Swans. I did enjoy my
>>ic701 but never got used to the optical stepping on the VFO. The RM2=20
>>was nice however. =3D20
>>
>>
>>###
>>BRETT WINCHESTER
>>[log in to unmask]
>>208-639-8386
>>###
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: For blind ham radio operators
>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lou Kline
>>Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 4:46 PM
>>To: [log in to unmask]
>>Subject: Re: A Replacement for an Icom R71 Receiver
>>
>>Hi.
>>
>>Too bad you didn't catch me when I had my Drake R8A up for sale. That=20
>>would've done the job in fine shape, as would the Drake R8B. Another=20
>>good candidate would be the Icom R75. You might prefer the Icom=20
>>because it has a speech board and a very nice DSP unit. The Drakes are
>
>>only available on the used market, but there are still new Icom R75=20
>>receivers out there. It takes the UT102 speech synthesizer, and last I
>
>>knew, Icom was giving the
>>UT106 DSP unit away with the receiver. It only has 6 KHz and 2.4 KHz=20
>>filters in it, so you'll probably want to buy the 3.3 KHz filter for=20
>>narrow AM and one of the CW filters, and maybe a narrow SSB filter. Be
>
>>prepared for sticker shock on the filters--the radio itself is=20
>>substantially less expensive than the R71A, but the accessories make up
>
>>the difference in a hurry.
>>
>>Receiver performance is close to that of the R71A,; I think the strong=20
>>signal characteristics of the R71A are a little better, but the Icom=20
>>R75 does a respectable job. Also, plan on getting some kind of=20
>>external speaker as the built in is pretty poor. Icom just doesn't=20
>>seem to know how to put a good speaker in a radio. That was one thing=20
>>I liked about the Drake--the audio sounded like a million bucks on it.
>>
>>73, de Lou K2LKK
>>
>>
>>
>>At 03:25 PM 8/1/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>> > I am looking for a communications receiver to replace my=20
>> > aging
>>
>> >ICR71 which I have had for about 22 years of generally great service=20
>> >on
>>
>> >HF. I run separate transmit and receive so I only need to worry=20
>> >about=3D20 receiver quality in this decision.
>> >
>> > What I have in mind is something with generally the =
> same=3D20=20
>> >capabilities as the ICR71 with hopefully a serial interface that I=20
>> >can=3D20 use with a computer.
>> >
>> > I have a Uniden BC780 scanner which I can fully control=20
>> >with=3D20 the exception of things like volume and squelch from a =
> Linux=20
>> >computer.=3D20 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=20
>> >matter=3D20 so much if it had an on-board speech output since the=20
>> >computer could=3D20 read the information one needed and its speech=20
>> >synthesizer would tell=3D20 you what frequency was being heard.
>> >
>> > I seem to remember the ICR71 was around 600 Dollars so I=20
>> >am=3D20 figuring on needing to spend something similar. I think =
> every=20
>> >20 to 25
>>
>> >years, it's time for a newer receiver.
>> >
>> > The R71 is still working, but getting really strange=20
>> >glitches=3D20 in its behavior, probably due to electrolytic =
> capacitors=20
>> >reaching the=3D20 end of their lives.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions are appreciated.
>> >
>> >Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK Systems Engineer OSU=3D20=20
>> >Information Technology Department Network Operations Group
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> >4:53 PM
>>
>>Louis Kim Kline
>>A.R.S. K2LKK
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>>Work Telephone: (585) 697-5753
>>
>>
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>
> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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