[ICOM] QST Review of IC-R9500

[John Rippey]

The ARRL web site now has an excellent review of the IC-R9500 
communications receiver. It is written by David Newkirk, who is a highly 
trained receiver guru. As a result, the review is head and shoulders 
above any review that has appeared in QST in recent years. 
Unfortunately, due to space limitations, Newkirk touches on only a few 
of the radio's many capabilities.

Newkirk left the ARRL staff some years ago. Along with Rus Healy, 
Newkirk in those days gone by was about as good as it gets in technical 
knowledge and no-nonsense reviewing. The fact that he is listed as an 
"ARRL Technnical Adviser" gives one hope that this will not be the last 
such review by Newkirk. (The IC-7700?)

Oh, yes, he says the IC-R9500 is the "best receiver I've ever used."

73,
John, W3ULS