[ICOM] RE: Icom 718 receiver

[Warren Elly]

I have had all the aforementioned rigs, and if I was limited in my  
funding, i would buy a 718 in a heartbeat
My son is in new hampshire, I am in florida...he has a general. i put  
up a carolina 80 meter windom about 70 feet in his pine trees, and  
the 718 with an mfj tuner is consistantly 20 over on 20 on sunday  
mornings here in florida. excellent modulation.
Operating the 718 in new hampshire, i was amazed at the receiver, and  
enjoyed AM contacts on 75, and great dx on ssb and cw on 40 and 20...
I am not kidding , its a great rig...
great bang for the buck is the bottom line
73, Warren W1GUD
On Jun 20, 2007, at 4:38 PM, John Geiger wrote:

>
> Hi Johnny,
>
> That is interesting to know.  How does the 718 compare to some of  
> the older
> but next level up rigs, like the 728?  Would the 728 have a better  
> receiver?
> The 728 does have PBT which would be nice, but no internal keyer :(
>
> 73s John AA5JG
> (ex: W5TD, NE0P, N0EEN, KA0IFG)
> Confirmed 6M addict: 6M WAS #1275, 6m VUCC #1260
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Johnny Siu
> To: ICOM718 at yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2007 11:08 PM
> Subject: [ICOM718] Re: Icom 718 receiver
>
>
> Hi John,
>
> The receiver of IC718 performs very well though it is
> only an entry level rig. I did an A/B comparision with
> my IC7800. It was not that far out.
>
> IC718 evolves from the commercial version IC78 which
> is a marine radio, For marine radio, performance in 2
> - 6 Mhz which is the marine band has to be very good.
> Therefore, the performance of IC718 in the low bands
> is exceptionally good. This information has been
> confirmed with ICOM JA.
>
> 73
>
> Johnny Siu VR2XMC
>
> --- ab2tc <ab2tc at arrl.net> »¡¡G
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have no personal experience with the 706 but from
>> all accounts,
>> including the ARRL product review, the receivers in
>> the 718 and 706
>> are virtually identical in performance. What are you
>> comparing the 706
>> to when you say it's useless on 40m and 80m in
>> contests? I use my 718
>> in contests all the time (casually - I am not a
>> serious contester
>> either), and don't experience any problems. Of
>> course there is no lack
>> of QRM but that is to be expected during a major
>> contest. Recall that
>> in your typical transmitter, the 3rd and 5th order
>> distortion products
>> are only down 30dB or so in a well adjusted,
>> correctly operated TX and
>> there is nothing any receiver can do to compensate
>> for this.
>>
>> Knut - AB2TC
>
>
>
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