[Icom] Decision time and request for advice (long)
Dana Hoggatt
[email protected]
Tue, 30 Apr 2002 23:38:40 -0500
The ARRL Review measurements for the three
rigs are fairly close. The IC-756-PRO-II wins
in some catagorries and the FT-1000MP-MkV
wins in some others. I don't think its possible
to make a bad decision in this case.
IC-756 IC-756 FT-1000
CW/SSB Sensitivity, Noise -134.7 -132.2 -127.5
300m -121 -117 -117
80m -132 -127 -127
20m -131 -128 -127
6m -125 -126 -
300m - preamp 1 -122
80m - preamp 1 -140 -135 -136
20m - preamp 1 -139 -136 -136
6m - preamp 1 -136 -132 -
300m - preamp 2
80m - preamp 2 -143 -141
20m - preamp 2 -141 -140
6m - preamp 2 -139 -140 -
AM Sensitivity, 10 dB (S+N 1.9 2.8 4.2
300m 5 9.1 8.7
80m 1.6 3.1 2.8
20m
6m 3.6 2.8 -
300m - preamp 1 4.3
80m - preamp 1 0.7 1.1 1.1
20m - preamp 1
6m - preamp 1 1.2 2 -
300m - preamp 2
80m - preamp 2 0.46 0.6
20m - preamp 2
6m - preamp 2 0.65 0.7 -
FM Sensitivity, 12 dB SINA 0.53 0.67 0.51
10m 0.72 1.2 0.72
6m 1.2 1.2 -
10m - preamp 1 0.33 0.4 0.3
6m - preamp 1 0.43 0.7 -
10m - preamp 2 0.21 0.2
6m - preamp 2 0.28 0.3 -
Blocking Dynamic Range, 50 115.9 125.0 128.0
80m 119 127 129
20m 118 127 129
6m 116 127 -
80m - preamp 1 118 125 128
20m - preamp 1 116 125 126
6m - preamp 1 117 130 -
80m - preamp 2 113 122
20m - preamp 2 111 120
6m - preamp 2 115 122 -
Two Tone, third-order, IMD 94.2 90.6 97.8
80m 98 92 98
20m 97 95 101
6m 94 93 -
80m - preamp 1 97 92 94
20m - preamp 1 95 92 98
6m - preamp 1 94 84 -
80m - preamp 2 92 90
20m - preamp 2 91 88
6m - preamp 2 90 89 -
Third Order Intercept, 20K 7.1 3.4 19.3
80m 17.1 13.5 24.3
20m 20.2 15.4 25.7
6m 14.4 15.2 -
80m - preamp 1 8.2 4.7 9.8
20m - preamp 1 10.2 4.3 17.3
6m - preamp 1 6.1 -4.2 -
80m - preamp 2 -4.3 -5
20m - preamp 2 -4.1 -6.9
6m - preamp 2 -4.2 -6.2 -
Second Order Intercept (dBm)
preamp off 75 64 68.3
preamp 1 71 63 68.5
preamp 2 59 43
VRF - preamp off 110
VRF - preamp on 112
FM Adjacent Channel Rejection (dB)
10m 76 85
6m 82 -
FM, Two-tone, third order IMD dynamic range (dB)
10m 77 78 79
6m 77 77 -
RF Output, CW/SSB/FM, (w)
HF 100 100 200
6m 100 100 -
duty cycle 100% 100% 50%
RF Output, AM, (w)
HF 40 40 50
6m 40 40 -
duty cycle 100% 100%
Worst Case Xmit Spurious ( -57 -57 -49
Worst Case Xmit IMD, (dB PEP)
3rd - HF 30 31 45
5th - HF 40 49 64
3rd - VHF 28 34 -
5th - VHF 42 40 -