[ICOM] Icom IC-756ProIII or TS-850SAT???

[Adam Farson]

Hi John,

My IC-756Pro3 delivers 100W PEP (SSB) into a 50-ohm resistive load. I use
this measurement technique:

http://www.ab4oj.com/peptest.html

It also runs just warm to the touch, even after several hours. The die-cast
alloy chassis is the heat dissipator.

http://www.ab4oj.com/icom/fam/fam.html

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 John Geiger
Sent: 24-Oct-07 06:08
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Icom IC-756ProIII or TS-850SAT???

Having used both a TS950SDX (albeit briefly) and a 756PROII (a little more,
but still brief) I can also say that the 950SDX does 150 watts plus, whereas
the Icom has trouble reaching 100 watts on voice peaks. 
On SSB it seems to run more like 75 watts or so.  It also gets pretty hot,
even when it is just sitting there receiving. Not sure what it would be like
after a contest.

The Kenwood also has better receive audio, but then Kenwood is known for
that, and Icom really isn't and the tuner was just mentioned.  The Kenwood
internal tuner blows away the Icom internal tuner, no comparison there.  The
TS950SDX has the best tuner I have ever seen. I wanted to see if the one I
had was opened up for 60 meters, so I went to 5.403.5USB and hit the tune
button. Took a second, and then it loaded up the antenna fine.  I thought
that 60m sounded quiet that evening staticwise, and then I discovered that I
had forgot to change the antenna switch and it just loaded up my 20-6m
miniquad on 60m!  The Icom internal tuners sometimes have trouble loading up
the same antenna on 20 CW.

73s John AA5JG

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