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Equipment / Re: ICOM ICR-75 vs. TECSUN S-2000
« on: November 19, 2020, 2259 UTC »
The ham bands can be very crowded on a big contest weekend which we seem to have a lot of this time of year.
Even in the evening after dinner 80 and 40 start to load up.
MW at night here in the States you need all the selectivity you can get. Otherwise an adjacent clear channel 50kw
blowtorch will walk all over you.
The 2000 will be OK with most any wire antenna if you live far enough away from a
powerful AM broadcast band station.
Just don't try an active antenna or amplified loop... it WILL overload.
The use of D batteries is nice. My 750 (version of the 2000) gets used most every night always on battery.
The current set of D cells were replaced in May and still show full on the display... usually get at least a year
out of them.
My 750 is my go to radio for casual listening... easy to use, no menus, direct pushbutton entry.
Even in the evening after dinner 80 and 40 start to load up.
MW at night here in the States you need all the selectivity you can get. Otherwise an adjacent clear channel 50kw
blowtorch will walk all over you.
The 2000 will be OK with most any wire antenna if you live far enough away from a
powerful AM broadcast band station.
Just don't try an active antenna or amplified loop... it WILL overload.
The use of D batteries is nice. My 750 (version of the 2000) gets used most every night always on battery.
The current set of D cells were replaced in May and still show full on the display... usually get at least a year
out of them.
My 750 is my go to radio for casual listening... easy to use, no menus, direct pushbutton entry.