[Premium-Rx] RE: Icom/Yaesu as premium-rx

[Gary Geissinger]

Walt,

I agree.  I have several Watkins-Johnson HF receivers and I would put
the Icom IC-7800 up against them.  Unfortunately the price is about the
same!

Gary WA0SPM



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-----Original Message-----
From: premium-rx-bounces at ml.skirrow.org
[mailto:premium-rx-bounces at ml.skirrow.org] On Behalf Of Walter (Volodya)
Salmaniw
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 4:53 PM
To: premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org
Subject: [Premium-Rx] RE: Icom/Yaesu as premium-rx


At 08:11 AM 12/10/2004, you wrote:
>Gentlemen,
>
>neither ICOM nor YEASU have ever made professional grade receivers or 
>transceivers apart from some cheap aircomms and marines.
>
>In my opinion it would be definitely a lack of taste mixing WJ8718 with

>their stuff like R75, PRC100 or FRG7700.

Fellas, an interesting burst of activity recently.  I think we shouldn't

ignore the Icoms and the Yaesu's of the world.  I'm a SWL/DXer, not a
ham, 
and amongst my circle, we have been very excited of late with the Icom
Pro 
models, which functionally have performed every bit as well as the true 
premium grade rx, and at a fraction of the price.  I own many premium 
receivers, and they're great,  the latest being the Ten Tec RX 340 at
over 
$4k.  Not cheap.  To be honest, it's a lovely lovely radio to look at
and 
ergonomically, but I'm just not that happy with it's performance
compared 
to my Collins HF-2050 of 1980s vintage.  Guy Atkins (I don't recall
whether 
Guy is a member here or not), does his homework meticulously and likes
to 
put his receivers through the paces.  He souped up his Racal 6790 to be
a 
very hot performer, but was not impressed enough with it (His Icom R75 
usually performed better, but again a souped up version with KIWA mods)
to 
keep it.  He recently sold it for a record price on eBay.  His receiver
of 
choice now?  It's an Icom 756 Pro.  I was so impressed by his
impressions 
and observations (as well as the ton of material on line about this 
series), that I've gone out and purchased a Pro II model.  Now there's
the 
Pro III.  At less than half the price of the Ten Tec, and with the TFT
LCD 
screen, I'm very much looking forward to using it (fully computerized 
controlled as well), and suspect that there may be a lightly used Ten
Tec 
for sale in the near future........Walt. 



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