[ICOM] Contest performance of Pro III?

[Ron NØAT]

I operated the CQWW contests with the Pro III.  At one time I noticed a bit 
of desensing during the CW contest.  Since the WX outside was a slight mist, 
powerline noise was non existent.  I was running stations on  20 meters, 
some of the stations I was working  were not moving the S-meter with PreAmp 
2 on.  I could not hear these weak stations without the preamp.  There were 
two strong stations above me, they were about 2 and 3 KHz above me, both 
about 30 over S-9.  When they both transmitted I noticed the RX would 
desense.  If I wasn't looking for artifacts, I probably wouldn't have 
noticed.

During the Sweepstakes contests, my friend operated my station.  He operated 
SO2R, with a PRO II and a PRO III.

During CW sweepstakes he did not notice any desensing.  He said both radios 
played the same.  He said he did  not notice any difference between the PRO 
II  and the PRO III.

During phone sweepstakes he said the PRO III was noticeably better.  It was 
quieter, less noise, and easier to pull stations out of the crowded band 
conditions.  He moved to the PRO III when stations were difficult to copy on 
the PRO II.  (Writelog has a feature where you can swap radios)

73 de Ron NØAT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy" <retired@>
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 15, 2005 20:01
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