[ICOM] Query.

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Without going out to truck and measuring, I
believe my filter is about 4 inches square by
about 1 inch thick.  If you can't find a place
to put  THAT, you aren't really trying!

I put mine under a small floormat at the
forward portion of the transmission hump
on a Ford F-250SD 4WD pickup!

Mac, K2GKK/5
Oklahoma City



----Original Message Follows----
From: "Michael P. Olbrisch" <mike2004 at elp.rr.com>
Reply-To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: RE: [ICOM] Query.
Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 23:44:22 -0000


Thanks - I will chew on this a while.

The filters sound like they are too big for what I have to work with.  The
dog show rig is a FORD E-350 one-ton van.  All the seats have been removed
to facilitate dog crates and show equipment.  There just isn't room for my
radio!  Hey - it is HER van!  <grin>  I have a fully-loaded 28 - 1300 MHz
IC-901A in my jeep!

Mike.

 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net
 > [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Paul
 > Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 11:28 PM
 > To: ICOM Reflector
 > Subject: Re: [ICOM] Query.
 >
 > Mike,
 > As Mac has stated, most modern rigs will be prone to letting in some
 > trash but the beauty of the 2720, the 2800 before it, and most newer
 > Icom dual band rigs is that they have a RF gain control. It has to be
 > enabled through a menu setting but when enabled the squelch
 > control from
 > about 12:00 on becomes the RF gain control. Full gain reduction is on
 > the order of 10 db. I find that when I encounter interference usually
 > just a modest amount of gain reduction takes care of it. Even
 > in extreme
 > circumstances when I use full gain reduction, being only 10 db it
 > doesn't knock out the local repeaters. Filters are nice but
 > if you don't
 > want to purchase them then just dial in some gain reduction.
 > Paul, N5PS


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