[ICOM] Icom 756PRO question

[Mike - 2007]

You are so right Adam.  The year I got my 781 I entered in a weekend 10
meter contest.  The band was dead.  But by using the scope I was able to
home in on any signals I saw.  And at the end of the weekend I had a fair
pile of contacts.  I won that year.  I attribute it to the band scope - and
nothing else.

The ability to visually  -SEE-  where the activity is can be the difference
between the winner and the also-ran.  Anyone who poo-poos the idea of a good
band scope probably has never really had a good one.  I do not consider the
706 and that type (not real time) a good scope.

Take care buddy.  Off to the rifle range for day two.  I won yesterday with
a 485-18x.  Possible score was 500-50x.  Today's match is 80 shots.  20
slow-standing at 200 yards (20 min), 20 rapid-sitting at 200 yards (2 min),
20 rapid-prone at 300 yards (2 min), and 20 slow-prone at 600 yards (20
min).  Possible score 800-80x.  We will see.

Mike - KD9KC.
M.A.R.I.E.
El Paso, Tx. 
www.w5dpd.org

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Adam Farson
> Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2007 6:37 AM
> To: 'ICOM Reflector'
> Subject: RE: [ICOM] Icom 756PRO question
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
> Many thanks for the kind words. Since my IC-781 days 
> (1993-98), I have concluded that an HF radio without a 
> spectrum scope is like a day without the sun, or a ship 
> without a rudder.