[ICOM] Icom 7000 opinions wanted

[Kim Bottles]

For what it is worth from an accountant (not an engineer):

I recently purchased a 7000 and here is what I have observed by performing some A/B comparisons with my other rigs:

The 7000's receiver seems like quite an improvement over the 706G. It seems quieter and the DSP NR seems more effective. The filters seem at least as good as the filters in the 706 (I had the 2.4, the 1.9 and the 250 in the G.)

The 7000 seems very close to the ProIII under the conditions I have. What I hear on the ProIII I easily hear on the 7000. Maybe the ProIII "sounds better" than the 7000 but that might be price influenced (remember I am an accountant.)

My 703 seems to hold its own well against the 7000 and the ProIII, I always thought it had a nicer receiver than the 706G. And its current draw while on receive is much lower than the bigger rigs.

The 706G served me very well and I was quite happy with it, but I sold it yesterday because I have way too many radio around here for someone who mainly just listens to the bands and hardly ever transmits.

A completely subjective set of observations that have no objective basis, so YMMV.

Cheers!

Kim - K7IM

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brian Mileshosky
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 7:48 PM
To: 'ICOM Reflector'
Subject: RE: [ICOM] Icom 7000 opinions wanted

All --

Please send your responses to John via this Listserve, as I'm interested in
the answers, too.

Thanks and 73,
Brian N5ZGT

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of John Geiger
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 8:27 PM
To: icom at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [ICOM] Icom 7000 opinions wanted

How is the Icom 7000 as a DXing and contesting rig?  I
am not as concerned about the ergonomics as the actual
performance.  I see comments like "its receiver is as
good as the 756PROIII" and I am a bit skeptical.  I am
not sure you can but something in a box 1/3 the size,
at half the price, add 2 more bands, and not have
something suffer.

How does it do in the base station setup?  I tried an
Icom 706MKIIG in a base station setup and it was
unusable in a contest as the receiver got clobbered.

How does the NB on the 7000 work on line noise and
other crud like that, and how quiet is the receiver?
I tried an Icom 746 out here and its receiver was way
too noisy on the low bands.  It was seeing a S7 noise
level on 40 where the FT920 setting right next to it
was seeing a noise level of S1-both with the preamps
off, and same filter width.

Overall, would an Icom 7000 work for HF and VHF casual
contesting from both a home and portable/mobile setup?

73s John AA5JG

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