Stuff You Wish You Still Had

[MrColad]

Interesting piece of hardware.

www.repeater-builder.com/glb/glb-index.html

 

[richardbritt]

I sold my R75 to make room for my R71A. This one had been through the Electronic Equipment Bank in Virginia.
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Is EEB still in business?

 

[MrColad]

EEB (Electronic Equipment Bank) in Virginia is gone.

 

[TailGator911]

I bought lots of stuff there. Good company. (EEB)

 

[danesgs]

My first SWL radio was this and I had a few after.



Wave magnet in the top. Mine was prettier though than this one

 

[MrColad]

I've seen a couple of those mid size beast. You didn't need the heat on in the winter when listening to them. Some models you could tune so precisely by memory you didn't need RDS.

 

[DeepBlue]

The Icom R71 and it's VHF/UHF cousin the R7000 were cutting edge for their time. Personally I felt they performed better then their replacements the R75 and the R8500.

I still have my R-71A. It's the only radio I have ever been able to gear LW from Europe with, winter time on my RF Systtems DX-10 active antenna. I will be keeping it for a long long time. Had an SSB crystal go out about 2 years ago. Had a company in the UK make up the specific one I neded. Works great still.

Sean

 

[JerryX]

I wish I still had my Watkins-Johnson HF-1000.

 

[k7ng]

I wish I had your HF-1000 too...

 

[n4fo]

Heathkit HW-16 with HG-10B VFO and Drake TR4-C.

 

[MrColad]

I wish I still had my Watkins-Johnson HF-1000.

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I wish I had your HF-1000 too...

They're going for about 2 large on Ebay.

 

[MrColad]

Heathkit HW-16 with HG-10B VFO and Drake TR4-C.

 

[MrColad]

 

[highwayman1224]

Miss my R71a and my R75. I do however have an FRG-100 somewhere in a box that needs to be setup and used as soon as I clear out the spare bedroom and turn it into my radio room.

 

[MrColad]

Miss my R71a and my R75. I do however have an FRG-100 somewhere in a box that needs to be setup and used as soon as I clear out the spare bedroom and turn it into my radio room.

I feel that with all the available mods the R75 is one of the most underrated and most overlooked extended range HF receivers to date.

 

[TailGator911]

My R75 was neglected for a few months while I got to know my R8600, but now that I am up to speed (somewhat) lol I am back to my R75 and using it along with the R8600 as sort of a comparison radio when DXing. I love them both for what they do!

 

[MrColad]

My R75 was neglected for a few months while I got to know my R8600, but now that I am up to speed (somewhat) lol I am back to my R75 and using it along with the R8600 as sort of a comparison radio when DXing. I love them both for what they do!

It was decent of Icom to rebound with the affordable SDR based wideband multi disciplined R8600 receiver after the R9500 which is almost 4 times the price of the R8600 and 4 times as anemic in intrinsic value.

DROOL!!!!!

 

[n5rv]

I feel that with all the available mods the R75 is one of the most underrated and most overlooked extended range HF receivers to date.

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I use my R75 daily (when I'm home). Have purchased and installed as many options that I could find for it. I prefer it over my SDRplay RSP1A, because it doesn't require me to have the computer on to use it.... I will sure miss my R75 if it every dies on me and can't get it repaired.

de Jerry N5RV

 

[air-scan]

I miss my Grundig G5 I sold

 

[n4fo]

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MrColad:

Thanks MUCH for the pics and the videos; brought back a lot of wonderful memories of my Novice days in late 70s and early 80s of QSOs on 40 and 15 meters. I had constructed a 40 meter dipole and used it for both 40 and 15 meters and it worked very well. Spent many hours with that combo working CW on 40 and 15.

73,
N4FO