[Icom] 756 Pro II --very sensitive

Mon, 21 Jul 2003 17:43:41 -0500

Andy, on a lot of my QRP CW contacts, the S meter never moves except for
noise . . . they are hot radios!

Yet, I can work an S1 station 150 Hz away from an S9+30 dB station using the
150 Hz DSP filter setting.

73/72, George
Amateur Radio W5YR -  the Yellow Rose of Texas
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13QE
"In the 57th year and it just keeps getting better!"
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> Just worked low power station in Iraq with my 756 Pro 11 showing S-0 --no
> needle movement. I was running 1,000 watts into a little Cushcraft A-3 up
> only 40 feet and got an S-5 report from him. These radios will dig out
weak
> signals!
>
> Andy K5VM
>
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