Icom IC-R8500 comments ?

[Francesco Bosio]

Hi all,
I'm going to consider to purchase an Icom ic-r8500 receiver and i would
hear some comments about this radio since i found on the Net just the
specifications and advertisements but no reviews or real tests.
I would use it mainly as a Vhf/Uhf high performance scanner receiver.
Thanks for any infos.

Francesco Bosio - IW1BXL

e-mail: frances...@asit.uni-bocconi.it

[Bill Crocker]

The only negative thing I ever heard was if you scan across bands, i.e.; 40,
150, 450, 850 MHz, it has an annoying clicking, caused from band changing
relays. This is typical of many Icom's under this circumstance, not really
a fault of the IC-R8500. Other than that, it's a fine radio!

Bill Crocker

"Francesco Bosio" <frances...@asit.uni-bocconi.it> wrote in message
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[JB]

I have too an AOR-5000 and I have had a ICOM R-8500 .The AR 5000 is more
complicated and more little but the sensitivity is better on the all bands
and up to 2,6Ghz with many user enable options.
Francesco Bosio <frances...@asit.uni-bocconi.it> a écrit dans le
message : 383BE9...@asit.uni-bocconi.it...

[Mambo Kid]

I've also owned both. I'd say the AOR is better suited for scanning; the
Icom is better suited as an all purpose receiver. Haven't looked at prices
lately but I thought the AOR was $400-$500 more than the Icom (at least the
5000+3 is). There's a better choice of software for the AOR, but the basic
Icom software does make it easy to drive the radio.

Electric Crow <jsl...@surfline.ne.jp> wrote in message
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> I have the R-8500 and a AOR AR-5000. The Icom is a fine receiver, very
easy
> to use. I have absolutely no qualms about it. It does what it was designed
> to do but............ the AOR does alot more. It's a bit complicated at
> first and there is software for it. What I like about the AOR over the
Icom
> is the ability to select different IF filters in any mode and it has a
> better selection of IF filters. Actually, I think the AOR is just a better
> receiver, it's kinda ugly, but more functional and costs about the same.
> If you want a good objective review go to
>
> www.strongsignals.net
>
> regards
> EC

[Electric Crow]