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