Icom IC-R71A Receiver Shortwave Ham AM SSB CW Radio ***CLASSIC DX MACHINE***

Description

This is the classic Icom IC-R71A manufactured by Icom in Japan from 1984 - 1996.  It is a sturdy unit being well made by the folks at Icom and thus holds up well to hours and hours of hard use.  The knobs and switches all have a great feel that allows the user to have confidence in the controls.  If you take a look beneath the cover, you will see that Icom designed these units to last.  There is very little plastic utilized in the construction of the R71A and the circuit boards are well laid out and efficiently organized within the chassis.  Overall, the receiver design reminds us of mil-spec equipment except that Icom sold this receiver in the consumer market for over a decade.  Hobbyists still hold the R71A in high regard when seeking weak signals and in searching for those tough DX catches.
In looking at the pictures, you will see that the receiver has a variety of marks from age and previous ownership.  We want to point out the scratched display lens and also scratches on the right side of the receiver and the side of the faceplate bezel.  This receiver is imperfect cosmetically, but is being offered at a price that is about 0 - 0 lower than our usual selling price.  Please observe the HD pictures for specifics on cosmetics and feel free to email with any questions.
Electronically, we found the receiver to be highly sensitive as it easily grabbed signals from all over the globe...literally.  We tuned it to a variety of shortwave stations and then operated it on the amateur bands to verify the controls.  Its design and operation has earned it a reputation as a strong DX receiver and it is evident when testing the receiver.  We did not notice any issues during operation, but did want to mention that the display brightness is not as strong as new receiver intensity.  There are no problems reading the frequency on the display whether in a lightened or darkened room.
This receiver comes with AC cord plus:
copy of the user manual
copy of the 100 page service manual copy in a binder
copy of the unusual Performance Manual in a binder
copy of the brochure
Icom IC-R71E review by Angus Mckenzie G3OSS
Icom "Can't Afford To Miss" Ad - Monitoring Times Sept 1988
copy of the Icom R71 Performance Manual
EEB Catalog page copy 1992 (Electronic Equipment Bank)
Passport 1994 advertisement copy (Passport To World Band Radio)
WRTH 1985 advertisement copy (World Radio & Television Handbook)
Universal Radio catalog page copy 1993
Grove Enterprises catalog page copy 1995
Icom Ad - Grove Enterprises - Monitoring Times July 1987
Icom Catalog page copy #1
Icom Catalog page copy #2
WRTH review 1985
Passport review 1991
Passport review 1993
Amateur Radio Magazine review (UK publication) - June 1984
Proceedings review 1991 (Proceedings was a serious shortwave & DXer's publication)
AC power cord
copy of many of these documents on CD amounting to about 648MB of materials.  These additional items serve to provide the new owner with useful operational and service documents along with helpful modifications should the desire be there for such enhancements.  This CD is not for sale and many of the documents have been accumulated from online sources and other written sources that are no longer available to the public.  Please do not email and request that we sell these documents or the CD to you.
Icom placed a lot of technology in this IC-R71A.  It is a quadruple conversion super-heterodyne unit that has loads of features on board.  There is scan feature, notch filter, 2 VFO's, a preamp, RF gain, 32 memories, tone control, multiple tuning rates (resolution of 10 Hz), AGC, and more.  The receiver will pick up AM / SSB / CW / RTTY and has an FM mode option if installed.  Sensitivity on SSB is .15uv and this is considered to be a superb SSB receiver and sought by many for tuning the amateur radio bands.
Since the IC-R71A is a well known and highly respected receiver, there is lots of information available concerning it.  We will not duplicate it here, but rather will give you some links for exploration. The best site to learn about the R71A is on Wikipedia where the reader can find loads of other links and great information:
http://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/IC-R71
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Here are the Eham reviews for the IC-71 where it earns a 4.7 out of 5.0 from 30 reviewers:
http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/496
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Here is the Dxing.com receiver profile for the IC-R71A where it is given 5.0 out of 5.0:
http://www.dxing.com/rx/r71a.htm
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The Icom operates off of AC power, but it does have a connector inside to utilize 12 volts DC if one wishes to utilize that for lower RF noise, remote operation that does not have AC access (like on an RV or at a remote cabin), or reception during emergencies when AC power is unavailable.
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