[ICOM] New Pro III - Hold On Guys!

[Adam Farson]

Hi Bill,

Many thanks for the kind comments. I have been using Icom HF gear almost
exclusively (with the exception of my six-year-old Yaesu Quadra amplifier)
since 1989, and always perceived changes within the same model family as
evolutionary (or even incremental in some cases). 

There were a few exceptions. The IC-765 was a totally different radio in
many ways from the IC-761, which it resembled outwardly. The solid,
mid-priced IC-738 and IC-736 succeeded the undistinguished IC-737 line. The
IC-756Pro and IC-746Pro, as we know, are totally different from their
non-Pro predecessors of the same model number - although the move from the
756 to the 756Pro was evolutionary. Whilst the 756's DSP performed
modulation and demodulation for most modes as well as NR, auto-notch and CW
APF, the DSP in the Pro line does a great deal more - IF filtering and AGC,
to name two major new functions.

As an OT observation, I note with much gratification that Rockwell-Collins
is doing extremely well.

Cheers for now, 73,
Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
 

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of William Lambing
Sent: 21 August 2004 19:20
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: Re: [ICOM] New Pro III - Hold On Guys!

Adam, thank you for adding some sanity to this thread.  Amazing, people chop
any brand radio, for their own gratification.  I am sorry, but Adam has
pretty well hit it on the head.  Technology is changing very fast these
days.  If, for sake of comparison, look at the 75S-1 and 75S-3. Compare
them, in the same time cycle to the 756, Pro, Pro II and the forthcoming Pro
III.

Whether or not it is Brand "I", "K" or "Y", me thinks you will find the
changes amount to more than the changes between the Collins S-1 and Collins
S-3, given the same time frame.

The changes in technology today, compared to just a year ago ... well, there
is no comparison.  Noise floor, 3rd order ... so on and so on ... changes
happen for a reason.  I would rather see advancement in the technology than
see them stagnate with the same radio for 10 years with nothing..!

73

Bill, WØLPQ


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