I am considering the Icom R75 and Sony SW77. I like to listen to hams
and shortwave broadcasts. I will only be using the radio at home. I
currently have the Sony 7600GR. Tuning hams is too tedious with the
7600GR. Can anyone compare the R75 and SW77? Great group!

Sara

From: (Sara)

I am considering the Icom R75 and Sony SW77. I like to listen to hams
and shortwave broadcasts. I will only be using the radio at home. I
currently have the Sony 7600GR. Tuning hams is too tedious with the
7600GR. Can anyone compare the R75 and SW77?

I own both. The SW-77 is a good portable, but the R75's ability to dig out
utility and amateur signals seems to make it a much better choice.


Michael Bryant, WA4009SWL
Louisville, KY
R75, S800, RX320, SW77, ICF2010K,
DX398, 7600G, 6800W, RF2200, 7600A
GE SRll, Pro-2006, Pro-2010, Pro-76
(remove "nojunk" to reply)

Michael Bryant wrote:

From: (Sara)

I am considering the Icom R75 and Sony SW77. I like to listen to hams
and shortwave broadcasts. I will only be using the radio at home. I
currently have the Sony 7600GR. Tuning hams is too tedious with the
7600GR. Can anyone compare the R75 and SW77?

I own both. The SW-77 is a good portable, but the R75's ability to dig out
utility and amateur signals seems to make it a much better choice.


Michael Bryant, WA4009SWL


I have an R-75, and tuning across the ham bands brings dozens of
clear signals - the Icom makes it easy to tune them, also, and the twin
PBT and notch filter are also a great help in that area.

Tony


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I _did_ have both at one time. I still have an SW77 but I sold the R75 and
bought a Drake R8B. The SW77 is fairly sensitive and its' SSB performance
is adequate, but the R75 is probably better in that area. But for broadcast
listening and general SW usage, the SW77 wins out primarily because it has a
sych detector that actually works (the 2 filters aren't bad either). I had
Kiwa mod the synch detector on my R75 and, athough it helped a little bit,
the improvement was marginal at best. The internal speaker on the R75
leaves much to be desired. I never really used it much with an external
speaker. The SW77 sound quality isn't all that great either, even with some
external speakers. At least it has bass/treble controls that helps
somewhat.

If I had to choose between the two again, I'd go with the SW77 by a hair,
but that's because I'm more of a broadcast listener than a DXer/ham
listener. BTW, I was very impressed with the build quality of the R75. I
don't think you'll really go wrong with either rig.
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"Sara" wrote in message
om...
I am considering the Icom R75 and Sony SW77. I like to listen to hams
and shortwave broadcasts. I will only be using the radio at home. I
currently have the Sony 7600GR. Tuning hams is too tedious with the
7600GR. Can anyone compare the R75 and SW77? Great group!

Sara

Hi Sara:

Had the 7600;
got the Icom R-75;
I also Put up an external antenna.

The Icom R-75 can pick up Vomats( sp ??) broadcasting from the Canary
Islands & Hams from Colorado & Pirates all over & the Tower at Diego Garcia.
- And I THINK a ham in Antartica.;
- & of course BBC from Ascension Island.

The 7600, on the other hand, had slightly better sound on SW..

- So for SW music shows, keep the 7600;

- For digging out really hard stuff, hams in poor reception conditions,
get the R-75

Dan ( R-75, NYC)



I am considering the Icom R75 and Sony SW77. I like to listen to hams
and shortwave broadcasts. I will only be using the radio at home. I
currently have the Sony 7600GR. Tuning hams is too tedious with the
7600GR. Can anyone compare the R75 and SW77? Great group!

Sara

Just as an aside, has anyone looked at this young ladies last name, and
perhaps considered this to be some sort of put-on?

Sara wrote:

I am considering the Icom R75 and Sony SW77. I like to listen to hams
and shortwave broadcasts. I will only be using the radio at home. I
currently have the Sony 7600GR. Tuning hams is too tedious with the
7600GR. Can anyone compare the R75 and SW77? Great group!

Sara

In article , N8KDV
writes:


Just as an aside, has anyone looked at this young ladies last name, and
perhaps considered this to be some sort of put-on?


-

- Lotsa girls named Sara;

- Whats the Problem ??

SARA,

= = = (Sara)
= = = wrote in message . com...

I am considering the Icom R75 and Sony SW77.

=R= Basically:
+ Fixed Location go with the Icom IC-R75
+ Portable go with the Sony SW77.


I like to listen to hams and shortwave broadcasts.

=R= Icom IC-R75 with an external Speaker is very good for
listening to AM Internaltional SW Broadcasts and has more
"TOOLS" to hear SSB Amateur Transmissions.


I will only be using the radio at home.

=R= Fixed Location go with the Icom IC-R75 plus:
* External Speaker
* Outside SWL Antenna
* Good 'earhen' Ground


I currently have the Sony 7600GR.

=R= Nice Radio and either the Sony SW77 or Icom R75 would be
a real improvement over it.

Tuning hams is too tedious with the 7600GR.

=R= Icom IC-R75 is simple and easy to use
and Tune SSB Amateur Transmissions.


Can anyone compare the R75 and SW77? Great group!

=R= Check-Out the ICom IC-R75 eGroup on YAHOO !
GoTo= http://groups.yahoo.com/group/icomr75/


Sara


..
jm2cw ~ RHF

..

..

N8KDV wrote:

Just as an aside, has anyone looked at this young ladies last name, and
perhaps considered this to be some sort of put-on?



Sure. But the question was perfectly legitimate, and I chose to
answer it as an "in-good-faith" question. Maybe it is a put-on, and I'm
the buffoon of the day for falling for it. But no harm done. I
couldn't see giving it the "ivory tower" approach, as it is entirely
possible that is her real name, or at least her chosen screen name, and
*still* a legitimate question at that.

Tony




Sara wrote:

I am considering the Icom R75 and Sony SW77. I like to listen to hams
and shortwave broadcasts. I will only be using the radio at home. I
currently have the Sony 7600GR. Tuning hams is too tedious with the
7600GR. Can anyone compare the R75 and SW77? Great group!

Sara


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The Icom R75 would be superior!

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"Sara" wrote in message
om...
I am considering the Icom R75 and Sony SW77. I like to listen to hams
and shortwave broadcasts. I will only be using the radio at home. I
currently have the Sony 7600GR. Tuning hams is too tedious with the
7600GR. Can anyone compare the R75 and SW77? Great group!

Sara