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ICOM R75 vs Yaesu VR-5000

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SC Dxing

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Dec 25, 2009, 2:56:17 PM12/25/09
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Not sure which one to get. Anyone have any hands on experience with
either of these units, especially the Yaesu VR-5000?

Looks like I am going to be able to get one of them soon.

Or should I just save money and get something like a Grundig 750 or
Eton E1 ?

BDK

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Dec 25, 2009, 7:46:30 PM12/25/09
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In article <ea591c81-445d-4b87-a60e-3b243ad33852
@a32g2000yqm.googlegroups.com>, scd...@gmail.com says...


It's really hard to beat the R75 for the money. I don't know much about
the the Yaesu, but what I have heard isn't good. The Grundig and Eton
radios aren't anything close to the Icom at all.
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SC Dxing

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Dec 25, 2009, 8:40:32 PM12/25/09
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Thanks BDK, I know the ICOM R-75 is pretty much the standard these
days for tabletops. One more question, do you use any computer
programming software for the R-75? I know I can "google" these
questions but I rather hear directly from those in here who use the
products or know about them.

BDK

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Dec 25, 2009, 10:38:20 PM12/25/09
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In article <9c02d232-5e12-4a3a-8314-
3dd78a...@c34g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>, scd...@gmail.com says...


I don't personally have an R75, but friends have had them. I don't think
they used any software with them when they had them.

I have, at the present time, a JRC NRD-515, an NRD-525, A Kenwood TS-
850SAT, an Allied SX-190, and a Hammarlund HQ-100. Those all work, and I
have a couple of dead Icom R71A's that will almost surely come back to
life soon. It's almost always something simple when they just wont turn
on. Last one was a cracked solder joint. It took longer to put it back
together than it took to fix it. Sold it for a nice profit afterwards.

user

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Dec 26, 2009, 3:17:22 AM12/26/09
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SC Dxing wrote:

some of these softs work with the r75
http://packages.debian.org/stable/hamradio/

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Dec 27, 2009, 12:45:21 AM12/27/09
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I use Ham Radio Delux with mine.
Chuck KA6UUP

KE5LDO

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Dec 27, 2009, 7:21:23 PM12/27/09
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[R75 hands down. Had the Eton, IMHO, a piece of Garbage.
Exchanged for Icom r75. Comparing a pinto (Eton) to Mercedes (R75).
I use it as the receiver for my ham radio. Hope this helps. KE5LDO


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D. Peter Maus

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Dec 28, 2009, 11:57:21 AM12/28/09
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Actually, R75 would be more like a Camry.

A Cadillac Escalade would be a Drake R8B.

A Lexus would be a JRC.

A Mercedes would be the Rohde and Schwartz.

And the Eton?

That would be a Renault 18i.

dave

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Dec 28, 2009, 1:58:36 PM12/28/09
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No "t" in Rohde and Schwarz
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