[Premium-Rx] Icom R9000

[Shane White]

What are the AM bandwidths of the ICR9000? 3, 6 and 15KHz or 3, 9 and  
15KHz?

Thanks,
Shane.

On 02/02/2009, at 1:25 AM, Gary Geissinger wrote:

> Shane,
>
> I run my R-9000 from an Astron 12V power supply.  The radio much  
> cooler
> now.  If you do this, make sure to adjust the supply to actually put  
> out
> 12V and not the 13.8V as from the factory.
>
> Sherwood has filter mods for the R-9000 as well, but I've had very  
> good
> luck with the existing filters.
>
> 73's,
>
> Gary WA0SPM
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:premium-rx-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Shane White
> Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 23:16
> To: Premium-Rx at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Premium-Rx] Icom R9000
>
> Lately I've often heard praise about the IC-R9000 and apart from the
> following two issues, I haven't heard of any other concerns -
> 1. Generates excessive heat
> 2. AM selectivity is only 3Kc, 9Kc and 15Kc
>
> Is there anyone in this group who would recommend that I avoid buying
> an IC-R9000? Is there any proof that excessive heat causes damage?
> (I'm aware of Sherwood's cooling fan mod but I'd rather not tolerate
> the additional noise). I could live without the 6Kc bandwidth and the
> coverage to 2GHz would be nice. Is the HF performance compromised at
> all?
>
> If I were to travel down the Icom path, a tough decision would be
> whether to spend $3K on an ICR9000 or probably $4K on an IC7600 when
> it is released, although the 9000 WITHOUT DSP may be the wiser choice.
>
> Thanks,
> Shane.
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