[ICOM] Opinions wanted

[Vladimir Sidorov]

Jose,

This radio generally can only disappoint you with its display which is prone 
to eventually get blue lines across. I personally managed to rid off them by 
adjusting (lowering) the backlight and contrast. The rest makes the radio 
rather bulletproof. If you like high quality wideband SSB, the units of 
later serial numbers will provide you with a nice switch to make the 
transmitted signal to sound amazingly rich. The built-in monitor allows you 
to easily adjust your transmit SSB signal according to your taste. If you 
like CW, a pair of optional 250 Hz filters make it a super CW rig. If you 
like RTTY, you can easily run it at 100% duty cycle. Besides, the 250 Hz 
filters can also be used for RTTY reception. And of course you get a real 
time bandscope which is a feature in its own.

To bring you some negative information for a change, the 756 is rather poor 
on 80 and 160 m (sometimes even on 40) being prone to overload by off band 
urban interference. It means, this radio runs perfectly in a country side on 
any band but gets blocked on Low bands by usual urban industrial noises.

73,
Vladimir VE3IAE

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My topic...
Can we consider the legendary IC-756, free of problems?
I am on the way acquiring one.
Thanks
José - CQ13



> Hi Vladimir,
>
> To my knowledge, none of the IC-756Pro models has had TFT display 
> problems.
> The TFT display in some units takes a little longer to warm up in a cool
> ambient (< 5C).
>
> Cheers for now, 73,
> Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] 
> On
> Behalf Of Vladimir Sidorov
> Sent: 02 January 2007 04:55
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Opinions wanted
>
> It makes me wonder... What kind of problems with the ProIII display??? Am 
> I
> missing something? I am only awared of problems with the "original" 756,
> though all the "Pro" family features a completely different display.
>
> 73,
> Vladimir VE3IAE
>


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