[Icom] Icom 781 vs. Icom 756PRO II

[Bill Tippett]

W0YG wrote:
 >What is the published TOI of the PRO2?

         I spent a little time looking for this myself but apparently
Third Order Intercept (TOI) is not specified. Both the "IC-756PROII
PDF Brochure" and "IC-756PROII Feature, Function, Benefit Analysis"
are dated 2001, but contain no mention of TOI that I could find.

http://www.icomamerica.com/amateur/hf/ic756proiimain.html

Minimum Discernible Signal (MDS), Blocking Dynamic Range (BDR),
Two-Tone Third Order IMD Dynamic Range (IMDDR3), Third Order
Intercept (IP3/TOI) and Second Order Intercept are all "Not
Specified" according to ARRL.  Fortunately ARRL's February 2002
QST Product Test Report does include their measurements on page
4 of the report here:

http://www.arrl.org/members-only/prodrev/pdf/pr0202.pdf

         Seems odd that Icom is making such a big deal of the
IC-7800's TOI but doesn't bother to specify it for the PRO II.
I just checked the IC-746PRO brochure and it also omits all above
specifications except for receiver sensitivity which is specified
per the usual SINAD definition, so it may be their standard
practice not to specify much.  Does anyone have more recent info
from Icom on the PROII?

                                         73,  Bill  W4ZV