[R-390] OT: Other Radios You Like

[Cecil Acuff]

While we are on the subject of solid state radio's...you might consider the 
RX-350.  Not as costly as the RX-340 but with many of the bells and 
whistles...

It's no longer made but will at least be repairable as will the Drake for 
years to come at reasonable cost.  Not likely with one of the WJ 
rigs....work on those is very expensive if needed.

Another thought...the best bang for the buck continues to be the Icom R-75. 
Add the required mods for fixing the Sync detector and improving the audio a 
bit and you have a very nice radio for not a lot of money...

Cecil...
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Barry" <n4buq at knology.net>
To: "R-390-List" <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2008 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: [R-390] OT: Other Radios You Like


>> The digitally-tuned radio I'd keep if I could only keep one is the
>> Drake R8B.  I have two, and they account for 90% of my HF listening,
>> in preference to the Ten-Tec, a Drake SW-8, one each JRC NRD-545 and
>> NRD-525, a Harris RF-590, a Racal RA-6790/GM [the ULF version,
>> R-2174B(P)/URR], a Collins HF-2050, a Lowe HF-225E, an AOR 3030, a
>> Sony ICF-2010, an R-390A and an SP-600.  (It's obviously past time to
>> thin the herd again.  When I get around to it, I'll probably keep the
>> two R8Bs, the SW-8, the NRD-545, and maybe the Racal ULF rig.)
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>> Don
>
> I had considered an R8[B] as well.  I've never had a radio with synch
> detection and would like to see how that plays; however, I still have a 
> soft
> spot for the tube gear...
>
> Barry - N4BUQ
>
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