Dennis and Judy Toye wrote:

Hi guys need some help on deciding on which Shortwave Radio to get, a Icom
R 75 or a Yaesu VR 5000.

Can some please help me.

How did you narrow the choices down to those two receivers?


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You can say i got a lemon but i don't like lemons so i got shut.
now i have a couple of peaches...
AOR AR5000A+3
ICOM IC-R7000
Kenwood R5000
and later this year a new icom R9000


"Jim Hackett" wrote in message
ink.net...
Mine is more than adequate on the h.f. bands. It "hears" everything my
R-75, FRG7000, 7700, 8800, and Sat-800 can hear. From what I hear, the
earlier versions were plagued with issues. Personally, I couldn't be
happier with mine. Sorry to hear you got a lemon...



"big boy now" wrote in message
k...
When i owned my Yaesu VR5000 i found it to be totally useless on short
wave.....

"Jim Hackett" wrote in message
nk.net...
...And then there are people like me who LOVE their VR-5000. I also
have an R-75 also so I can directly compare the 2. If ALL you are
interested in is shortwave, the R-75 IS the better choice.



"big boy now" wrote in message
. uk...
Go for the icom R75....please don't waist your money on a yaesu VR5000
they are the biggest load of S? i have ever owned.
when they were released i paid £700+ for one of them with the DSP unit
installed...all i will say is i only owned it for just six months and
sold it on at a loss.........
i then went out and paid almost 3k for another as i am one who only
wants the best and after buying the VR5000 i know why i am the way i
am....short wave radio magazine run an article on the VR5000
and to be honest they even said they are not worth buying.
in my opinion i can not understand yaesu why bring out a receiver
that is so bad well next to useless... they yaesu have a good
reputation so why bring out such a crap receiver...
i will look in my old copies of short wave magazines and if i can find
the review i will post it hear for you...




"Dennis and Judy Toye" wrote in message
...
Hi guys need some help on deciding on which Shortwave Radio to get, a
Icom
R 75 or a Yaesu VR 5000.

Can some please help me.

Cheers
Dennis