Icom IC-R75 Shortwave Radio Receiver w/ UT-106 Opt DSP Module & Sync Detector - $625 - (Mill Hall, PA)
Note: In order to prevent violating Ebay's keyword spamming policy, we have included asterisks * in the historical detail contained below. Specific info related to this R-75 is in red following this background info. Icom has a nice history of providing receivers for the amateur and shortwave listening market. Without going into the full history, for the sake of the shortwave listening community out there, the receivers in the general receiving range were introduced in 1982 with the highly regarded R*70 receiver. This receiver introduced shortwave listeners to the high quality production standards and state-of-the-art communications products that amateur radio operators discovered with Icom came to America in October of 1979. The R*70 was followed by the even more highly acclaimed R*71 in 1984 and this receiver was manufactured and sold until 1996 and was an excellent DX unit and still highly sought after today. The R*72 was introduced in 1990 and actually overlapped the selling of the R*71, but the R*72 never achieved the same popularity of the earlier R-70 and R*71 units. In 1999, Icom introduced the R-75 with much interest and a large following and this unit ran in production until 2005 when it discontinued making this product. Then something interesting happened. While the discontinuance of a great product usually brings about some grief among followers, this usually is among a small group of loyal enthusiasts whose words and urgings to continue production fall on closed ears. However, with the R-75, the outcry was immense and to their credit, the folks at Icom listened. Thus, the R-75 was again placed back into production and was available for a number of years until once again discontinued for a final time in March 2016. If you are shopping for a nice shortwave or amateur receiver, you would need to search awhile to find a better value in this Icom IC-R75 unit. This does not offer all the bells and whistles of units over $1,000, but again, it is valued sever…
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