Icom-R75

carmelof · #1 (**permalink**) 07-24-2009, 02:20 AM

I am going to buy this receiver soon and a Wellbrook-ALA1530 active loop antenna i will be mainly listenning to utilities/hf aircraft i want to know what people think of this combination listenning station.

Regards Lino.
ALINCO-DJX-2000/AOR-3000/AOR-3000A/AOR-8200MK3/GRE-PSR500/ICOM-R3/ICOM-R20/ICOM-RX7/ICOM-PCR1000
ICOM-PCR1500/ICOM-PCR2500/KENWOOD TS-480SAT/REALISTIC-PRO2035/UNIDEN-245
UNIDEN-396/UNIDEN-780/YAESU-VX7R/YAESU-FT880R/YAESU-VR500.

ka3jjz · #2 (**permalink**) 07-24-2009, 05:55 AM

It ought to work quite well. There will be lots to explore, but one thing I highly recommend is getting a basic understanding about how propagation works on HF. Unlike scanning, signals are not always available 24 hours a day in the same region of the spectrum. The AE4RV site is a good place to start. The link for that, among several others can be found in our HF Propagation wiki (anything in blue is a link)

HF Propagation - The RadioReference Wiki

73 Mike

carmelof · #3 (**permalink**) 07-24-2009, 06:30 AM

Thanks Mike to be honest i use to listen to hf a lot but then i just lost intrest and i want to get back into listenning hf aircraft and i am also going to get the wellbrook multicoupler later to match the antenna,i do have other radios but i think its a waste that i only use them for vhf/uhf.

Regards Lino.