[Icom] What am I missing here?

Sat, 20 Apr 2002 17:47:14 -0400

What's close, 1%, 10%, 50%? Guess that's why radios like the 756pro have
attenuators and pre-amps.
Every radio can and will be different. Tolerance of parts, what the alignment
guy on the assembly line
had for lunch......

Paul Playford wrote:
> 
> Recently I did receiver sensitivity measurements on several different
> transcievers and I didn't find anything that came close to what the ARRL lab
> observed.  I used the same procedure they do with fairly well calibrated
> equipment but come up with different results.  Some better, some worse, all
> different.  And MAJOR differences.  So my conclusion is forget the specs,
> just go with whatever turns your crank.
> 
> Besides, what may be best for weak signal, 20 meter cw DX probably won't
> work worth a darn for local ssb rag chewing on 75m.
> 
> And I found a real good way to get a rig owner upset.  Just show him how the
> numbers on his radio compared to others.
> 
> BTW, I found it not possible to observe MDS on an Omni VI+ as there was no
> place where I could not hear birdies.  So my MDS on the Omni VI+ was
> measured to a weaker birdy, not receiver noise.
> 
> de Paul, W8AEF
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Geiger <[email protected]>
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> Sent: Friday, April 19, 2002 6:49 PM
> Subject: [Icom] What am I missing here?
> 
> > I AM CONFUSED!!
> >
> > This all started a couple of weeks ago when someone
> > posted a rig for sale, and showed that its receiver
> > numbers were comparable to the OMNI VI+. I dont
> 
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