[2m] Icom IC-V8000 Receiver, How Good?

[Glen Briggs A.K.A. wx]

I've owned a V8000 for about a month, and it's a good little rig;

(sensitivity, :
pretty good, the only down side i think it is maybe too sensitvity; i get a 
lot of "ker-chunking" one signals that JUST pop the squelch, I have to set 
mine a little higher than i did with the 2100h to make sure I don't get 
that problem.

adjacent channel rejection,
not really had much problems or use with this, can't comment a lot, but see 
below.

  intermod rejection, etc.)
i took a drive into the heart of Kansas City, by Saint Lukes; and i got 
quite a bit of intermod, it wasn't too bad, the .820 repeater was coming in 
enough to copy, though I was loosing about 10-20% of it due to intermod, 
once the .820 unkeyed the radio went silent. as i was expecting to hear 
tons of noise, but i got none.



overall I would say this rig is well worth the money.

Thanks for your time,

Glen Briggs
northmoguy@grundyec.net


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