[ICOM] Contest performance of Pro III?

[Mike McCarthy, W1NR]

I find that it is much easier to pull CW signals out from in between loud
ones than on phone.  That is probably due to the fact that many stations use
too much compression and their signals overlap (splatter) all over the
signal you are trying to pull out.  There is nothing that filters can do for
you if someone is putting large amounts of RF energy on top of the signal
you are trying to hear.  That is much more of a problem than just being loud
and close.  If the adjacent signals are of normal bandwidth, then the ProIII
is amazing at what it can pull out.  An Orion on paper looks slightly better
but still can't deal with splatter inside the filters band pass any better
than the ProIII.

The ProIII works real well.

Mike, W1NR

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Randy
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 9:01 PM
To: 'ICOM Reflector'
Subject: [ICOM] Contest performance of Pro III?

Now that the recent CQWW DX and ARRL SS contests are history I was wondering
what contesters using the Pro III think about its performance under
difficult conditions.  Any particular problems?  Difficulty sorting out weak
ones amongst the really loud signals?  I would hope the roofing filter
helps.  Any comments pro/con?

de Randy, W7HR



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