Now i hv a heavily modded kenwood r1000 with homebrew sam det and a
new icom r75 with kiwa mods, and now i begin to understand what drives
all these discussions and loyalties about radios.
The r1000 is a very nice little radio, especially with the mods...the
r75 on the other hand is almost uncontrollable with more sensitivity
than is good for it. the r1000 is very nice to listen to, the r75
sucks without a pair of sony headphones. but the ability to pull sta
out of indiscernable muck is great...the r75 has more buttons, knobs,
etc to play with to get there. and you mean to tell me that the more
expensive radios (drake r8b, etc.( are even better than this? holy
****.....i need more money
jimg
Oregon
USA

"jimg" wrote in message
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Now i hv a heavily modded kenwood r1000 with homebrew sam det and a
new icom r75 with kiwa mods, and now i begin to understand what drives
all these discussions and loyalties about radios.
The r1000 is a very nice little radio, especially with the mods...the
r75 on the other hand is almost uncontrollable with more sensitivity
than is good for it. the r1000 is very nice to listen to, the r75
sucks without a pair of sony headphones. but the ability to pull sta
out of indiscernable muck is great...the r75 has more buttons, knobs,
etc to play with to get there. and you mean to tell me that the more
expensive radios (drake r8b, etc.( are even better than this? holy
****.....i need more money
jimg
Oregon
USA

LOL! I know, I had to get a second job years ago just to afford myself.


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You won't do much better than the Kiwa modified R75 when digging out
hard-core DX. Any improvement with a Drake or AOR will be incremental
(or incidental) at best. Get an external speaker for that R75 and your
audio will improve. The R-1000's audio is very hard to beat.

Frank

Shoot,
I had to retire because my job was beginning to interfere with my hobbies.
73,
Chuck
PS: I just bought an FT897
Brian Hill wrote:

"jimg" wrote in message
...

Now i hv a heavily modded kenwood r1000 with homebrew sam det and a
new icom r75 with kiwa mods, and now i begin to understand what drives
all these discussions and loyalties about radios.
The r1000 is a very nice little radio, especially with the mods...the
r75 on the other hand is almost uncontrollable with more sensitivity
than is good for it. the r1000 is very nice to listen to, the r75
sucks without a pair of sony headphones. but the ability to pull sta
out of indiscernable muck is great...the r75 has more buttons, knobs,
etc to play with to get there. and you mean to tell me that the more
expensive radios (drake r8b, etc.( are even better than this? holy
****.....i need more money
jimg
Oregon
USA


LOL! I know, I had to get a second job years ago just to afford myself.

In article , KA6UUP
wrote:

Shoot,
I had to retire because my job was beginning to interfere with my hobbies.
73,
Chuck
PS: I just bought an FT897
Brian Hill wrote:

"jimg" wrote in message
...

Now i hv a heavily modded kenwood r1000 with homebrew sam det and a
new icom r75 with kiwa mods, and now i begin to understand what drives
all these discussions and loyalties about radios.
The r1000 is a very nice little radio, especially with the mods...the
r75 on the other hand is almost uncontrollable with more sensitivity
than is good for it. the r1000 is very nice to listen to, the r75
sucks without a pair of sony headphones. but the ability to pull sta
out of indiscernable muck is great...the r75 has more buttons, knobs,
etc to play with to get there. and you mean to tell me that the more
expensive radios (drake r8b, etc.( are even better than this? holy
****.....i need more money
jimg
Oregon
USA


LOL! I know, I had to get a second job years ago just to afford myself.



If jimg is listening to that R75 on its internal speaker no wonder it
sounds like crap. Get a $20 - $40 bookshelf speaker for it and it will
sound a lot better.

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Telamon
Ventura, California