No.
I never considered it to be a downside though as I am usually sitting in
front of the radio tuning through the bands. A remote just isn't the same
as slowly rotating a VFO knob.
73, de Lou K2LKK
At 06:34 AM 8/2/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>Does the drake have a hand held remote control like the 71 does? =20
>
>
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>BRETT WINCHESTER
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>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Lou Kline
>Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 6:00 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: A Replacement for an Icom R71 Receiver
>
>Hi Brett.
>
>The Drake has superior sensitivity and selectivity to the Icom R75, and
>comparable sensitivity to the R71A, but the selectivity is still better
>on the Drake. The Icom R71A has a bit better strong signal handling
>capabilities than the Drake, but the Drake and the Icom R75 are
>comparable in their ability to handle strong signals.
>
>The Drake has much better audio than either one of the Icoms. Icom
>tends to concentrate on the RF and IF sections of the radio, and really
>neglects good audio design. Drake does an excellent job on both.
>
>The primary drawbacks to the Drake are the lack of a voice frequency
>readout, less frequency coverage than the Icom R75, a little poorer
>thermal stability (still not bad, but noticably less stable than either
>of the Icom receivers), and a larger foot print. By the way, the
>synchronous detector in the Drake R8A buries the synchronous detector in
>the Icom R75, which Icom shouldn't have even bothered with because it is
>absolutely useless.
>
>If you don't care about listening below 100KHz, or above 30 MHz, go buy
>a Drake R8A or R8B if you can find one. You won't be disappointed, and
>in the 100 KHz to 30 MHz range, I think it is a better radio than the
>Icom if you can live without a voice synthesizer.
>
>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
> >
> >
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> >BRETT WINCHESTER
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> >
> >
> >-----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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> >Louis Kim Kline
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