[ICOM] Opinions wanted on Icom 775dsp and 781

[Tim Duffy K3LR]

You are very right Paul!

I have to admit that the 756ProIII that I used at WRTC in Brazil worked VERY
well too!

As long as it's ICOM, you really can't go wrong in my book!

73!
Tim K3LR



paul glassman wrote:

> Sitting in my shack is a 781,  7800, 1000d, ftdx9000d,
> Orion 2, TS950sdx and last but not least  r9000. My
> uneducated unresearched unqualified humble opinion?
> They all sound kinda kewl!!!
> ooooppppsss forgot the 706mk2g......
>                                        73  Paul W8JN
>
> --- Tim Duffy K3LR <k3lr at k3lr.com> wrote:
>
> > With all due respect to Jan, I know what I am
> > talking about when it comes to
> > high
> > performance radio equipment.
> >
> > Winning 3 out of the 4 major DX contests last season
> > in Multi Multi is NOT easy
> > at all!
> > I am 2 miles from the Ohio border and we beat the
> > BIG guys on the EAST coast!
> >
> > To do this you need GREAT operators and the BEST
> > receiver you can get.
> > My game is winning DX contests, so I use the BEST
> > radios I can possibly find!
> >
> > The 775DSP had leakage issues between the A and B
> > VFOs ( known 775 bug).
> > The 775 front ends did not hold up in big signal,
> > big time contesting.
> > The 775 receiver phase noise on 40 and 80 meters
> > when the band is full was
> > terrible.
> > The phantom bleeps and bloops drove my team crazy.
> >
> > The 781 front end is crunch proof and the
> > selectivity is very good.
> > The 7800s are even better (as Jan pointed out).
> >
> > Real world experience trumps lab data. Hundreds of
> > big signals with very weak
> > ones that we want to work!
> > Try that with a lab generator!
> > Bottom Line - If the 775 was a better receiver, I
> > would have twelve 775s instead
> > of twelve 781s!
> >
> > If you are not putting the 775 into busy contest
> > (high signal levels - low band)
> > environments, then it will work fine for you.
> > Be careful of VFO leakage when you run split. This
> > problem may be fixed now, so
> > try it first.
> >
> > 73!
> > Tim K3LR
> >
> >
> > Jan Robbins wrote:
> >
> > > The 775 is a MARKEDLY better receiver than the
> > 781, without the InRad
> > > roofing filter in the 775.  With it, the 775 is AT
> > LEAST as good a
> > > receiver as the 7800 with only the 6khz roofing
> > filter (the 7800 with
> > > 3khz is simply the best receiver I've ever
> > encountered, and I've done
> > > the A/B tests).  Tim talks a good game without the
> > data.
> > >
> > > Tim Duffy K3LR wrote:
> > >
> > > >Hello Gul!
> > > >
> > > >I had two IC775s. I was not impressed with this
> > radio.
> > > >
> > > >The IC781 works VERY well! We use many of them.
> > > >The receiver is incredible!
> > > >
> > > >73!
> > > >Tim K3LR
> > > >
> > > >100% Icom Multi Multi contest station
> > > >
> > > >http://www.k3lr.com
> > > >
> > > >info at worldcomms.eu wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >>Dear Om,
> > > >> need opinions on these two models of Icom
> > 775dsp and 781.
> > > >>Let me know your choice and opinions.
> > > >>
> > > >>Thanks 73s. EA8ASN Gul
> > > >>
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