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BY ELIMINATING THE NEED FOR A SECOND RADIO FOR THE SO2R OPERATOR.  NEITHER
RADIO WILL SLIDE AROUND THE DESK WHILE YOU ARE PUSHING IN THE HEADPHONE
PLUG.  SUPERFICIALLY, BOTH SHARE SOME GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS EACH COVERS
THE SAME BANDS, HAS 200 W OUTPUT, BUILT IN AC POWER SUPPLY, TWO COMPLETE
AND IDENTICAL HIGH PERFORMANCE GENERAL COVERAGE RECEIVERS, COLOR TFT
DISPLAY, MEMORY CARD PARAMETER STORAGE AND MANY OTHER SIMILAR FUNCTIONS.
THE DIFFERENCES ARE IN THE DETAILS.  THE 9000D HAS THREE CHOICES FOR
ROOFING FILTER BANDWIDTH AT 3, 6 AND 15 KHZ, WHILE THE 7800 HAS TWO 6 AND
15 KHZ.  THE 3 KHZ ROOFING FILTER AND THE SHARP TUNE PRESELECTOR FRONT END
ACCOUNT FOR THE 9000DS 9 DB EDGE IN THIRD ORDER DYNAMIC RANGE AT 5 KHZ
SPACING AN IMPRESSIVE 98 DB AT 14 MHZ, THE BEST WEVE EVER SEEN, WHILE THE
7800 HAS A 4 DB EDGE AT 20 KHZ.  THE 7800 USES THE TFT DISPLAY FOR
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EA5AL/332 EU1DX/333 F2JD/332 F5LQ/350 F6GEA/333 G3KDB/351 G3LAS/334
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