[Icom] FW: A DSP IF filtering test any IC-756Pro/Pro2 owner can perform

[WD8ARZ]

Well spoken Steve. I love bells and whistles, and especially Dsp. Looking
forward to the next generation or two to really make some progress. I don't
know of a single rig out there that doesn't have its share of pluses and
minuses. Love my Icoms, still do and have from a long time ago .... used to
help run the Icom net on twenty meters back when the Ic-701 and Ic-720 were
in their hey days with Rob from Florida way. Put out a bunch of mods in
those news letters and had a ball doing it. Same for Yaesu and Kenwood from
time to time. Still have some Drake and Heath stuff here too.... a good mix
of tube, transistor, ic, and dsp equipment on hand and to stay for a long
time even with new additions.

Wish we could get the best of each rig rolled into one .... but I guess that
would interfere with the sales and marketing fellers .... hi hi

73 from Bill - WD8ARZ
wd8arz@ix.netcom.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Jones" <nx1g@rev.net>
To: <icom@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 05, 2002 12:51
Subject: Re: [Icom] FW: A DSP IF filtering test any IC-756Pro/Pro2 owner can
perform


> Thanks for the post...that states the best example of DSP and just how
> important and helpful it is to have it in the Pro II I own....as much as I
> love my FT1000D the bottom line is what few times I operate it now..I can
> not block and filter QRM and dig signals out like I can with the Pro II.
The
> Kenwood TS870 and MP and Mark V series are not bad...but they are all way
> too much of a pain to menu through to accomplish the same thing and on the
> MP and Mark V...you need to buy a truckload of filters and Nrad modes to
get
> close to this kind of performance. I for one thought I would never own an
> Icom HF radio after buying and selling a IC746 in three weeks due to the
> poor receive performance on 2 and 6 meters. But I am glad I did and I am
> excited about the direction DSP is headed. It will only get better and
> better and the prices cheaper and cheaper as the chips in computers have!
If
> this post is offensive to you..please hit the delete button as it is based
> on my personal experience with the gear mentioned here and my own
research.
> 73, Steve, NX1G