Icom R-9000 classic reciever

[N5XZS]

Has anyone's seen or owned a Icom R-9000 reciever that was built back in the early 90's.

That baby cost you arm and a leg! Was priced at $ 8k.

Used to cover 100KHz to 2 GHz unblocked "if you are lucky to have unblocked verson"

This reciever was way ahead before SDR came out in the 21st century world.

Never owned one and just curious about the classic rig.

 

[Inclined Orbit]

I've played with one and they are very nice. However, the new Icom R-8600 beats it hands down in just about all performance categories and at a much cheaper price. Rob Sherwood has tested both receivers and published the results here along with many other receivers and transceivers. The R-8600 was one of the best he ever tested. The R-9000 is still no slouch, its bigger and operates very smooth and I don't think anyone would be unhappy with one if they get it for a good price.

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