[ICOM] Opinions wanted on Icom 775dsp and 781

[Frost, Charles]

Well done and said. When we get use to one brand of radio that becomes the
best no mater what. I have a Kenwood here at my school it is a TS570S and
because it was free we use it. I would like to have a 746 in its place but 
Can not buy one. I would rather have ICOM radios. We used 2 new IC7000s in
Mozambique and had phase noise from them. We had filters in line but when
one was on 17 meters you could not be on 20 or 15 with the other and copy
weak signals. So we put a IC765 on the air no problems.

Frosty
K5LBU/C91CF

-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Duffy K3LR [mailto:k3lr at k3lr.com] 
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 8:39 PM
To: ICOM Reflector
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
> >>
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