I wish I had gotten the Icom IC-R7100.  A good friend of mine from college 
had both, and the IC-R7100 was definitely better.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 08:35 AM 8/2/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>Martin,  I think Kenwood may make a good general coverage receiver but I
>do not know its model number. =20
>
>A radio I wish I had been able to get was the ICr7000   (not sure of the
>prefix of this model number) which was a general coverage radio for VHF
>to above 1 GHz all mode including FSTV. =20
>
>
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: For blind ham radio operators
>[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Martin McCormick
>Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 7:35 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: A Replacement for an Icom R71 Receiver 0 for 2 so far.
>
>         Thanks for the great suggestions. It looks like both receivers
>are no longer available as new so it's back to the drawing board. I
>would only be interested in the used market if I knew the history of the
>receiver. I already have a good used HF receiver. There is no big hurry
>as long as this one still basically works. I just know the time is near
>when one will spend more time trouble-shooting than using and that's the
>time to consider a replacement.
>
>WB5AGZ
>
>
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