[Icom] 756pro

Tue, 12 Mar 2002 03:46:30 -0800 (PST)

George,

I found it under Pro 2 reviews.

73 de Al, W5IZ

--- "George, W5YR" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Steve, would you mind telling me where to look on
> Eham for Julius' review?
> I didn't find it under the PRO reviews.
> 
> Beyond that, your statement really bowls me over. I
> am not sure what you
> mean by "set up to run only 60 watts out" but mine
> consistently delivers
> over 100 watts output on all bands and all modes
> except AM where a wise
> operator settles for a 25-watt carrier.
> 
> The PRO digital meter reads PEP output and
> correlating that with my scope
> monitoring of the r-f output envelope plus the PEP
> and average wattmeter
> readings on the antenna tuner reveals that the PRO
> readily can deliver 100
> watts PEP when properly driven and without
> flat-topping or otherwise
> visibly distorting the signal pattern on SSB. 
> 
> Now, it may be that Julius is saying that IMD is
> much lower at 60 watts
> than at 100 watts and I fully agree with that. In
> fact, for PSK31 I limit
> operation to 40 watts PEP on the two-tone IDLE
> signal in order to achieve
> IMD reports of -30 db and better.
> 
> Or, he may be remarking that the analog panel meter
> will seldom kick up
> much beyond the 60-watt level, but that is a
> function of meter damping and
> its inability to follow voice peaks, etc.
> 
> Or, he may be referring to AM operation . . .
> 
> You got me curious! Appreciate any added info . . .
> 
> Thanks, Steve
> 
>  73/72/oo, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas   
>      
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> 
> Steve Jones wrote:
> > 
> > Nope the Pro is set up to run only 60 watts out.
> See W2IHY's post on Eham or
> > I should say review and he addresses this very
> subject. 73, Steve
> 
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