[ICOM] eHam 2720 Reviews

[John Geiger (NE0P)]

I had an Icom 230 from 1982-1984 so, my first 2 meter FM mobile rig.  Yes it was a great receiver, and made some nice 2 meter FM tropo contacts on it-like from Iowa to Michigan and Indiana-using either a 5 element beam or a 5/8 wave mag mount in the rain gutter.  THis rig will always hold a soft spot in my heart since it got me started in VHF dxing.

73s John NE0P



---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Ynkedragon at aol.com
Reply-To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Date:  Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:04:38 EDT

>In a message dated 10/02/2005 22:37:32 Eastern Daylight Time, 
>k2gkk at hotmail.com writes:
>
><< If you want .25 uV sensitivity over broad band,
> you   WILL   get intermod.  Wideband coverage
> seems to be what  MOST  buyers want.  >>
>
>My first ICOM (an IC230) was larger than most contemporary radios and had 
>only 10 watt output.  It covered 146~148 MHz and contained helical resonators in 
>the front end.  With that radio, I never knew what intermod was.  It cost 
>almost $400, new,  in the late-70's.
>
>The demand for wideband coverage, low price and a small physical package all 
>combine to give us the current intermod problems which we complain about.  The 
>price of a current radio, plus a band-pass or notch filter, is still less 
>much less than the (unadjusted for inflation) price of a VHF-FM radios of the 
>70's and 80's.  A filter, when necessary, can be mounted between antenna and 
>radio, even outside of the passenger compartment of the vehicle.  The total 
>physical volume (radio+filter) is less than that of many older radios.  (Anybody 
>else remember the size of the Clegg  VHF-FM transceivers?)
>
>While I could live without broadband coverage,  I prefer not to and buy 
>filters instead.  I like having a NWS receiver in the car as part of my VHF or 
>V/Uhf transceiver.
>
>Like so many other things, I get what I am willing to pay for.
>
>73,  Blair k3yd
>
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