[ICOM] Sherwood Engineering test numbers

[Tim Duffy K3LR]

John:

My 706 is a much better radio when using antennas that are somewhat inefficient
such as mobile and portable antennas.
If I hook my 706 up to a beam or a full-size dipole, the attenuators do a
wonderful job of protecting the front end and making the radio usable.

Remember that the IC706 series receiver was never intended to compete along side
radios that cost far more and perform much better with lots of strong signals on
the band.

73!
Tim K3LR

John Luthy wrote:

> John,
>
> First I am NOT any kind of expert,
>
> But I have noticed that my 706MkIIg is almost hard to listen to,
> mostly because it hears everything, so I wonder if it is fed a small
> signal in a lab it might look like a very good reciver,
> So I wonder if I would be happier with my 706  if I had a differnt
> filters in it.
>
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> Subject: [ICOM] Sherwood Engineering test numbers
>
> > How much stock does everyone place in the Sherwood
> > Engineering receiver test numbers (www.sherweng.com)?
> > While I admit that the 2khz spacing is a much more
> > useful measurement than the 20khz the ARRL has used
> > for a long time, and I believe that Rob Sherwood knows
> > what he is talking about when he tests receivers, I
> > have a hard time believing some of his numbers.
> >
> > For example, he measures the 2khz IMD DR for the Icom
> > 706MKIIG at 74db. This places it right in line with
> > the PROII and PROIII at 75db, and better than the
> > 756PRO (71db), FT1000D (69db), FT1000mp MK V (69db),
> > and the Icom 746 (70db).  Now I have owned many of
> > these radios, and I did not find the 706MKIIG to have
> > that good of a receiver, definitely not better than
> > the 756PRO or the Yaesu FT1000 series.  It overloaded
> > pretty bad under contest conditions.  What am I
> > missing in his measurements, that makes the 706MKIIG
> > look so much better than these other radios?
> >
> > 73s John W5TD
> >
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