[PCR-1000] ??

[Michael A. Waldron]

The original AR-8600, the AR-7000, the 8200 depending on if you got a good 
one or not. Personally I love my 8200, although the battery life on the 
R-20 has relegated the 8200 to the shelf most of the time.

-Mike

At 05:00 PM 6/1/2005, you wrote:
>Has AOR had any real 'bombs' ??
>All of the AOR receiver models that I've ever used (3 of them) appeared
>to be great radios.
>---
>
>There have been some very apparent and universal 'problems' with ICOM's
>PCR-1xxx line.
>
>1) It seems too sensitive to front end overload
>2) It  'blows' the front end easily (from static ?) that
>     other receivers seem to tolerate.
>3) It seems much too prone to EPROM corruption - possibly from
>     errant electrical noise or RF on the serial line and/or from
>     mis-completed commands (like crashing or shutting down
>     the computer first exiting the ICOM or TalkPCR
>     application.  This same problem seems to happen with other
>     PCR1xxx CAT programs as well.
>
>Other receivers I've used (including a few 'black box' ones) do
>not exhibit these problems.  Icom has never recognized them as
>either their design or product problems - frequently faulting (and
>charging) the user to repair the results.
>
>I've spoken with two ICOM USA folks over the years and they both seemed
>somewhat exasperated (frustrated ?) with ICOM Japan's apparent lack of
>humility to admit the product's seemingly apparent faults - something
>that, unfortunately, seems endemic in business culture -- in both
>countries.
>===
>73, Frank
>
>  ._._.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 5:37 PM
>Subject: Re: [PCR-1000] ??
>
>
><snip>
> > ...AOR was demonstrating a black box receiver prototype that looked
>pretty
> > nice, but without any real testing we won't know if it's a good
>product or
> > another bomb. ,,,,,
><end snip>
>
>
>
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