[ICOM] eHam 2720 Reviews

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

I like my 2720.  I use the PAR filters.  I like
my 2710s better, though.  Also use a PAR
filter on the 2400 fixed station rig.


Mac, K2GKK/5



----Original Message Follows----
From: Gary Pearce KN4AQ <kn4aq at arrl.net>
Reply-To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: RE: [ICOM] eHam 2720 Reviews
Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 15:53:29 -0400

They are not all the same.

The Icom 2410 (circa 1995) was particularly good on intermod.
The Kenwood 733 was pretty bad.  Standard's C5900 was
very immune.

Of today's radios, Yaesu's 8800/8900, based on technology from
the Standard 5900, is also a good performer.

The idea that a wide-band receiver must suffer terrible intermod
is a myth.  I wouldn't make a repeater receiver out of them - sure
you'll do better with a good receiver behind a tight filter.  But Icom
could have done better with the 2720.

The 2720 does have some nice, unique features.  If the intermod
you get is mostly from pagers, a PAR notch filter should help a lot.
It goes in the antenna line, and notches a couple of common pager
channels while letting the rest of the spectrum through.

73,
Gary KN4AQ