[Icom] IC 756 pro power

Sat, 23 Feb 2002 18:11:48 -0500

----- Original Message -----
From: "Diverjim" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 12:22 PM
Subject: RE: [Icom] IC 756 pro power

> I find it interesting how many what to police the actions of others.
>
> I recall a few weeks, perhaps months ago, someone asked a similar question
> and received numerous responses providing the information requested
without
> all this policing and harboring of information.  In fact the information
was
> given for the IC-746 about what trimmers were for HF and for 2 meters.
>
> I wish I could provide the answer for Andy, but I don't know.
>
> Andy didn't state exactly why he needed the extra power, but does it
really
> matter?

I suspect  Andy has an amplifier that requires a few extra watts to drive it
to maximum output.
The extra 150 watts the amplifier will put out will not be noticable on the
receiving side but it will be at EIMAC.

WA1WLA

>
> Just my $0.02.
>
> Jim
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> Behalf Of Stuart Rumley
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 11:05 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Icom] IC 756 pro power
>
>
> Andy ~
>
> Why do you want more power?   Even if you could get 20 watts more your
> signal would only increase by 0.8dB! {10LOG(120/100) }   That wouldn't be
> noticeable at all to the receiving station.  The big problem would be
> intermodulation distortion (IMD) (unless of course you are just
considering
> CW) otherwise know as splatter, which would increase considerably.  You
> wouldn't be any louder, you'd just sound bad.
>
> You didn't mention anything about using an amplifier so I doubt you want
> more drive power.  I think you need to reconsider this a bit
>
> Stuart ~
> ki6qp
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrea De Feo" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 9:36 PM
> Subject: [Icom] IC 756 pro power
>
>
> | Hello to all,
> | I'm the owner of a IC756 pro and I do have a little question for all.
> | Does anybody know how to increse the output power of IC756 pro, please
???
> | I haven't the service manual so it is very difficult and dangerous to
make
> any
> | change...!!!!
> | My output power now is 100 watts I need a little bit more power 10 or 20
> watts
> | would be ok...
> | Does anybody help me, please ??
> | Any suggestion will be greately appreciated.
> | 73 an good DX
> | Andy I7DFV
> |
> |
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