[ICOM] Icom IC-756ProIII or TS-950SDX

[John Geiger]

The FT100MP does have 2 receivers and the QST review
does confirm this. It is limited somewhat in that it
only has 1 set of bandpass filters so the two
receivers need to be on adjacent bands or so, but you
can put 1 on 15m and the other on 20m and they will
both receive ok.

The 756/756PRO/756PROII do only have 1 receiver but
they do dual receive acceptable for split frequency
pileups in that you can listen to two different
frequencies at the same time. They do have to both be
in the same mode and bandwidth, but you are still
listening to two different frequencies so dual
reception is taking place.

73s John AA5JG
--- Larry <w3oz at msn.com> wrote:

> Sorry John but the 756,756Pro,ProII and FT1000MP are
> NOT dual receive in
> that they only have ONE receiver. They do have two
> VFO's but not two
> receivers. Can't comment on the 950SDX never had
> one. 73 OZ
> 
> Larry Wassman W3OZ
> ARRL #1 Honor Roll
> www.w3oz.com
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> Behalf Of John Geiger
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2007 11:07 AM
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Icom IC-756ProIII or TS-950SDX
> 
> I have owned several dual receive radios in the past
> (Icom 756/756PRO/756PROII/FT1000MP/TS950SDX) and I
> always found them most useful for DXing. Never
> really
> tried to do SO2R in a contest with them, but they
> make
> busting a split frequency pileup much easier.  You
> put
> one receiver on the DX stations frequency to hear
> when
> he comes back to someone, and put the other receiver
> on the DXs listening frequency. You can then hear
> exactly when it is clear to call, or find a clear
> spot, or find the station he is working to be on
> that
> frequency for the next round of calls. You can do
> this
> with a regular 2 VFO radio, but it is much easier to
> do it with dual receive than having to switch back
> and
> forth between VFOs.
> 
> 73s John AA5JG
> --- Jack/W6NF <vhfplus at bmg50.com> wrote:
> 
> > Larry wrote:
> > > I have been a ham for a long time work a little
> > DX. Would someone tell me
> > > why hams think they need two receivers? I have
> > never had a rig with one and
> > > for the life of me don't know how I would use
> one.
> > Just a simple answer
> > > please. 73 OZ
> > >
> > > Larry Wassman W3OZ
> > > ARRL #1 Honor Roll
> > > www.w3oz.com
> > >   
> > Hi, Larry!
> > 
> > Dual receivers are used primarily for maximizing
> > your score in 
> > contests...at least that's how I have seen them
> > used. You can run QSOs 
> > on one receiver/frequency and tune on the other
> > receiver looking for 
> > additional QSOs or, preferably,  new multipliers.
> > This is done using 
> > split headphones with one receiver in the left
> side
> > and the other 
> > receiver in the right side. It takes some practice
> > and is particularly 
> > difficult for someone like me who has a hard time
> > chewing gum and 
> > walking at the same time ;>)
> > 
> > 73,
> > 
> > Jack, W6NF
> > 
> > 
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