[ICOM] Seeking your wisdom...

[Michael P. Olbrisch]

Howdy.

	I have quietly been looking for an older receiver for a few months.
The wife and I like to sit by the fireplace and listen to old radio dramas
in the evenings.  Yeah - I know - with an R-9000 what more could I want?
Well, I wanted something nice for the living room.  The R-9000 lives in
another room, and it is too big to move around.  For this new radio, AM-Bcst
(talk radio) is a MUST.  SW-Bcst a nice touch.  USB-LSB-CW for utility
listening OK - but not a deal buster either way.  Older tube radio would be
nice, but again not a deal buster either way.  But it needs to be
presentable and have good clean AM sound to earn a place in the living room.

	A good friend offered me a Collins 75S1 with a crystal pack.  It was
such a great deal I couldn't pass it up.  BUT - it didn't (and CANT as I
understand it) receive AM-Bcst.  So I did pass it by.

	I now have an opportunity to pick up an ICOM IC-R72.  I have
downloaded the operators and service manuals.  It looks like a solid little
radio.  Other than the warmth of the glowing tubes, it more than meets my
desires.  It actually looks like (as it was designed to be I guess) a step
up from the R-70 and R-71.

	Anyone have one?  Any experience with one - good or bad?  Anything
to watch out for?  Desirable accessories (it has the UI-8 in it already).
Problems or experiences?

	You don't see many for sale, which tells me either they are keepers,
or there were never many sold to begin with (like the Kenwood R-820).

	Thanks everyone.  Y-all have a great weekend.  My son and I are
hiking Guadalupe Peak Sunday.  Maybe you will hear us DXing VHF-UHF from the
peak during the hike.


Mike.  KD9KC

My E-mail address: mike2004 at elp dot rr dot com
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