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

Thu Oct 25 18:27:44 EDT 2007

Hi Larry,

Well the tech was wrong!  As someone who has owned a
FT1000MP in the past (and one who preferred the 756PRO
over it) the 1000 does have 2 receivers in it.  You
can select different modes for each receiver, and
different filter bandwidths.  Now my Yaesu FT920 has 2
knobs on it, but only 1 receiver.  Figure that one
out!  It does help a little when running split
frequency to have the 2 knobs, though.

73s John AA5JG

--- Larry <w3oz at msn.com> wrote:

> Thanks for your answer John, I use the Icom rigs in
> the manner you
> described, and it is very effective. As far as the
> FT1000MP is concerned,
> not being an engineer type I thought that it did in
> fact have two receivers
> as the 1000 does and because there are two knobs I
> thought it did as well
> and was bragging about it one day on the air when a
> ham who services Yaesu
> stuff came on the frequency and told me I was full
> of ..... well you know
> what. I know there are no filters selectable or
> anything like that, but I
> thought it had two independent receivers. The tech
> told me as best as I can
> remember is that there is only one receiver but they
> split it somehow and it
> appears as the main and sub receiver but really just
> one. So that is what I
> have been thinking. I sold it to get my Icom rigs
> and I do not find that I
> need two receivers to work all the DX I want
> especially with duel watch. I
> am not a contester so maybe two receivers are
> beneficial in that mode, but I
> am #1 on the ARRL Honor Roll and have worked them
> all and  like I said
> before see know reason to have 2 receivers. Thanks
> again John. es 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 12:30 PM
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: RE: [ICOM] Icom IC-756ProIII or TS-950SDX
> 
> 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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