[ICOM] Icom 756PRO on 6 meters

[Dr. William J. Schmidt, II]

Unfortunately, many of these radios have been found to be defective from the 
factory for operation on 6 meters (transmitter is unstable).  If you have 
not tried operating it on 6... you should!  If it doesn't work, contact 
K0DD... he went through 3 of them to get one good one.

Sincerely,

Dr. William J. Schmidt, II  K9HZ
Trustee of the North American QRO - Central Division Club - K9ZC

Email: bill at wjschmidt.com
WebPage: www.wjschmidt.com

"If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee; that 
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea at arrl.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 2:28 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Icom 756PRO on 6 meters


> Just because the 756PRO doesn't hear as well as the 756 with the preamp 
> OFF
> doesn't mean much at all.  It is really meaningless - perhaps the r.f. 
> stage
> of the 756 has more gain, perhaps the 756PRO is optimized for better
> signaling handling.
>
> I think ICOM radios are designed to have the preamps ON unless conditions
> are adverse.  Some radios (commercial types) often don't allow the user to
> switch off different r.f. stages.
>
> The 756PRO is a much better six meter radio than the 756 which I thought 
> was
> as deaf as a doormat on six.
>
> I've worked Arizona and a few stations in Europe not being serious about 
> it
> in the past two years.  Midwest (W8, 9 and 0) roll into here easily, but 
> the
> 7 was rarer as were the Dutch, French, and Italians.
>
> 73
>
> David N1EA
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Geiger" <johngeig at yahoo.com>
> To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>; <50mhz at mailman.qth.net>;
> <6meter at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 11:39 AM
> Subject: [ICOM] Icom 756PRO on 6 meters
>
>
> I was speaking with someone recently about different
> radios, and the topic of the 756PRO series came up.  I
> have had an Icom 756 and loved it, and was thinking of
> getting a PRO in the not so distant future.  Anyway,
> he mentioned that the original 756PRO model is deaf as
> a stone on 6 meters?  Is this really true?  The QST
> product review numbers do make it look like it doesn't
> hear as well as the original 756 when the preamp is
> off.
>
> 73s John NE0P
>
>
>
> =====
> John Geiger
> Associate Professor of Psychology, Cameron University
>
> Ham Call NE0P, active 160m-70cm
>
> Radios: Kenwood TS2000 (HF/6/2/70cm), Kenwood TS60 (6M base adn mobile
> work), Icom W32A (2m, 70cm)
>
> Antennas: 2 element Mini Quad, Cushcraft A14810S, Cushcraft 719B Homebrew
> G5RV
>
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>
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