[PCR-1000] When can we expect the NEW PCR1000?

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I had a VR-5000 too and sold it a few months later.  I've generally been 
happy with Yaesu gear but the VR-5000 was a real disappointment.  The 
reception wasn't in the class of my AORs and Icoms (or even Unidens) and the 
whole radio felt like a prototype.  The mil-air band is my main monitoring 
target and the receiver did particularly poorly in that area.  The manual 
was really poorly written, it had an annoying hiss that came through the 
speaker and there seemed to be some buggy firmware.

Mine was an early model though and I've heard that they have made 
improvements to later units.  It felt like a receiver that could have been 
something really special if they had just spent a little more time refining 
it.

DH
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"Let them hate us, so long as they fear us."
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "kevin eiler" <kevineiler1982 at comcast.net>
To: "Discussion of PCR-1000 by Icom" <pcr-1000 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 12:01 PM
Subject: Re: [PCR-1000] When can we expect the NEW PCR1000?


>i had a vr5000 i was not happy with it in the milair 250-370 range poor 
>sen,hi band had intermod,but the hf bands were great no over loading like 
>my pcr.and yes yaesu was helpfull,unlike icom.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "R. J. Grasser" <rgrasser at frontiernet.net>
> To: "Discussion of PCR-1000 by Icom" <pcr-1000 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 6:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [PCR-1000] When can we expect the NEW PCR1000?
>
>
>> The Rochester (NY) hamfest had the same rumours about ICOM, plus tons of
>> negative comments about their mind-set in dealing with their customers.
>>
>> Outside of the lone PCR-1000 everything in my shack is Yaesu, and has 
>> been
>> since the early 70's.  Yaesu has always given me (and others) terrific
>> support even on some very old gear.
>>
>> I will probably off-load my PCR shortly, as I just ordered the Yaesu 
>> VR-5000
>> rcvr (fully optioned).
>>
>> Regards, RJ
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kwon2m" <kwon2m at att.net>
>> To: "Discussion of PCR-1000 by Icom" <pcr-1000 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 9:16 PM
>> Subject: RE: [PCR-1000] When can we expect the NEW PCR1000?
>>
>>
>>> There hasn't been any news, official or otherwise, about
>>> a replacement for the 1000. No news about anything to take
>>> the place of the R8500 either. For that matter, I haven't
>>> seen any actual announcement that either of these receivers
>>> have been discontinued, but that does seem to be the scuttlebutt.
>>> The rumor mill at Dayton this year was that Icom may be betting out
>>> of the wideband receiver market, although the handhelds seem to
>>> be hanging in there for now. I, for one, sure hope the rumors are
>>> wrong. Icom has produced some great radio toys in the wideband world
>>> and I'd love to see them continue to do so in the future.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> P.S. - the one GOOD rumor I heard at Dayton was that Ten Tec was
>>> supposed to have a wideband receiver on the way. No idea is it
>>> will be a black box computer controlled rig or a stand-alone.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: pcr-1000-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>> [mailto:pcr-1000-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of DG8FAI
>>> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 6:05 AM
>>> To: Discussion of PCR-1000 by Icom
>>> Subject: [PCR-1000] When can we expect the NEW PCR1000?
>>>
>>>
>>> Have any news been released when the new/ replacement for the PCR1000 
>>> will
>>> be available?
>>>
>>>
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