[ICOM] ICOM QSK

[David J. Ring, Jr.]

I'm surprised also.  ICOM should mention "improved keying in QSK mode".

That would be a big selling feature in my mind.

One of the reasons I love Ten Tec transceivers is their (usually) excellent 
QSK without shortening.  They got that right.  Ten-Tec also was a pioneer in 
low distortion transmit and receive audio - Ten Tec's founder (K4FW) was 
also the founder of Electro-Voice - which makes high quality audio 
equipment.

With excellent QSK, some opt to accept that feature over other very 
desirable features provided by ICOM.  The race is getting closer now.

ICOM also has it's claims to fame - their HF and VHF radios have always led 
the way in engineering quality, although in my mind sometimes they haven't 
paid as much attention to the "little things" as they could have.  Perhaps 
they didn't balance the "engineer" and the "operator" as well as Ten-Tec 
did?

When I use a radio and find that the manufacturer got the "little things" 
right, like the volume and r.f. gain in an easy to operate position, or 
something like a real sample of the r.f. output of the transmitter section 
for "monitor" output, or getting the QSK correct and the "turn around" delay 
very short for handshaking digital modes, I smile and know that someone at 
the Company has "been there".

BRAVO ZULU ICOM

73

David N1EA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JohnD" <wm7a at cox.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>; <ic756 at yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 1:49 PM
Subject: RE: [ICOM] PRO III QST review


> It is interesting to note that another undocumented feature of the new
> PROIII is that the CW waveform is improved in full breakin mode
>
> "The PROII, as we noted in our earlier review,
> shortens the dits when the radio is in fullbreak-
> in mode. ICOM has totally eliminated
> this defect in the PROIII, and it was
> a bit of a surprise to find that ICOM never
> mentions this fact anywhere in its advertising."
>
> John DeRuiter, WM7A
> http://members.cox.net/wm7a/
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of John Geiger
> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2005 8:30 AM
> To: icom at mailman.qth.net; ic756 at yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ICOM] PRO III QST review
>
>
> The QST product review of the Icom 756PROIII is now on
> the ARRL members only website.  Makes for some
> interesting reading.  They never really conclude
> whether it is worth the extra $800 over the PROII or
> not.
>
> 73s John NE0P
>
>
>
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