[ICOM] Best Icom HF rig

[Steven Moore]

No disrespect meant, but these things in addition to how the audio sounds seem to me to be the essence of a 
good receiver.

How else would a good receiver be described?

73
Steve  wd0ct

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Earl W Cunningham" <k6se at juno.com>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Best Icom HF rig


> Steve, WD0CT wrote:
>
> "all this receiver talk reminded me of this link
> http://www.w8ji.com/receivers.htm
>
> you may or may not like what you read :-)"
> ==========
> Bear in mind that Tom, W8JI's primary concerns with a receiver are it's
> IMDDR3, BDR, phase noise and other important things like that.  Other
> radios are better than any of Icom's in those respects.
>
> Those of you that believe in tests performed by a top quality engineer
> using top quality lab equipment will be very interested in Tom's reports.
>
> My current preferred radio is the IC-756Pro3.  It suffers more than many
> other radios as far as IMDDR3 is concerned, but the front panel
> attenuator compensates for that issue.
>
> 73, de Earl, K6SE
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