[Premium-Rx] Discontinued SW Receivers

[Cecil Acuff]

I agree....but I would be happy with full spec coverage down to 100Kc.  The 
radio is absolutely dead below 500Kc.  I would add to the list to remove the 
fixed attenuator in the BCB signal path and add one preamp 1 back as well 
and it would be a great BCB DX machine.  I'm thinking about modifying mine 
to include some of the things mentioned above.

Sorry for the off topic excursion....

Cecil...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Henry Kolesnik" <kolesnik at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Cecil Acuff" <chacuff at cableone.net>; "John Reed" <jreed at alum.mit.edu>; 
"Premium RX" <premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org>
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 6:43 AM
Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] Discontinued SW Receivers


> To the Icom 756 Pro 2 or 3 add a good synchronous detector, VLF coverage 
> to 30Kc, internal power supply and battery  and it would be a winner.
>
> 73
> Hank WD5JFR
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cecil Acuff" <chacuff at cableone.net>
> To: "John Reed" <jreed at alum.mit.edu>; "Premium RX" 
> <premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 7:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] Discontinued SW Receivers
>
>
>>I don't know what's up....this is very discouraging.  I can't imagine it's 
>>sales.  The R-75 has been selling well from what I can tell.  Not a lot of 
>>profit in it though.  I was hoping Drake would do a "C" model with 
>>improvements.
>>
>> I know guys that are buying Icom 756 Pro II's and III's that will never 
>> use the transmitter because they are not licensed.  They wanted a top 
>> notch receiver using the latest DSP technology.  If Icom would deliver a 
>> loaded receiver with the 32 bit DSP technology based on the 756 in the 
>> just under 2K price range I think it would sell.  I thought that was what 
>> they were going to do when they announced the demise of the R-8500.
>>
>> Oh well....up side...lots of good used stuff out there....
>>
>> Cecil....
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "John Reed" <ka5qep at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "Premium RX" <premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 6:48 PM
>> Subject: [Premium-Rx] Discontinued SW Receivers
>>
>>
>> Over the past two days I learned that ICOM is discontinuing the IC-R75 
>> receiver, and Drake is discontinuing the R8A.  As far as I know no new 
>> models will replace these two.  Is the NRD-545 next?
>>
>> John Reed
>>
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