[ICOM] Opinions wanted on Icom 775dsp and 781

[Jerry Keller]

Tim.... very informative nutshell treatise on what makes a good contest 
radio and why. I use a Pro3 and love it. ICOM has it all over whatever's in 
second place, and now I'm going to take another look at the 781. Thanks.
73, Jerry K3BZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Duffy K3LR" <k3lr at k3lr.com>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 10:38 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Opinions wanted on Icom 775dsp and 781


> 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
>> >>
>> >>----
>> >>Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC, icom-owner at mailman.qth.net
>> >>Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.316 MHz
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>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >----
>> >Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC, icom-owner at mailman.qth.net
>> >Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.316 MHz
>> >Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> ----
>> Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC, icom-owner at mailman.qth.net
>> Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.316 MHz
>> Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/
>
>
> ----
> Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC, icom-owner at mailman.qth.net
> Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.316 MHz
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