[ICOM] Great receiver!

[John Geiger]

It has to do with a fairly poor image response, and
the ability to listen to cell frequencies on the image
frequencies.


--- "David J. Ring, Jr." <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:

> Why did that take the Wideband Receive out after
> 2000 SN?
> 
> 73
> David N1EA
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Geiger" <johngeig at yahoo.com>
> To: <icom-t81A at yahoogroups.com>;
> <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2005 1:17 AM
> Subject: [ICOM] Great receiver!
> 
> 
> I just got an Icom T81A in today with a pre-2000 SN,
> so does the wideband receive.  I have had some later
> models, and missed being able to hear TV audio,
> among
> other things.
> 
> This is the best receiver I have ever seen on an HT!
> 
> We have a TV channel 7 here, but for some reason the
> audio has been difficult or impossible to pick up. 
> Most have it below the squelch level.  A VX2R I just
> sold picked it up in and out, but on the T81A, it is
> full scale receive!  Also does good on the other FM
> radio and TV stations around here.
> 
> Wonder if others have the same opinion about the
> early
> SN T81s.
> 
> 73s John NE0P
> 
> 
> 
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