[ICOM] New Pro III - Hold On Guys!

[John Geiger]

Wasn't the 751A almost a completely different radio
than the 751, despite the similarity of numbers?

73s John NE0P

--- Adam Farson <farson at shaw.ca> wrote:

> 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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