[Scan-DC] ICOM R-20, anyone?

[Andrew Clegg]

Hey folks,

I picked up an ICOM R-20 in Japan a couple of weeks ago. Does anyone on the 
list also own one? So far I've been comparing it to my AOR 82000 MKIII. My 
initial impressions: they're both good radios, but each has its strengths 
and weaknesses compared to the other. The biggest strength of the R-20 being 
its built-in audio recorder. ICOM also allows free downloads of programming 
files from a PERCON portal on its Web site, which is nice.

One downside of the R-20 is that even though it is advertised as "all-mode," 
it actually doesn't support SSB and CW beyond 470 MHz.

Cheers,
Andy