[Icom] Another 756Pro mod needed- MW sens

[George, W5YR]

Seems to me that the easiest "mod" would be to use a simple external
preamp in the Receive Antenna input . . .

Gain is reduced in that frequency range for a number of reasons . . .
I am curious as to what  application requires additional gain below
1600 KHz.

73/72, George
Amateur Radio W5YR -  the Yellow Rose of Texas
In the 57th year and it just keeps getting better!
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe
K2 #489  IC-765 #2349 IC-756 PRO  #2121 IC-756 PRO2 #3235

----- Original Message -----
From: "VE6JY Don Moman" <ve6jy@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
To: <icom@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 2:21 AM
Subject: [Icom] Another 756Pro mod needed- MW sens


> The stock 756Pro receiver is rather numb on mediumwave (<1600 khz)
since
> neither preamp functions down there and there is a fixed attenuator
in that
> BPF stage. I have removed the fixed attenuator but it was only a
small
> improvement. What we really need is to enable the preamps to
function down
> there. This should be, at the very least, a menu option. Of course
it isn't.
> I am always annoyed when manufacturers decide what gain I need to
use....
> and ICOM has had a long history of doing that.... but at least
earlier sets
> were easier to modify.
>
> Anyway has anyone managed to enable the preamp function below 1600
khz? If
> so, I'd sure like to know more...
>
> 73 Don
> VE6JY