[ICOM] IC-7700 or IC-7800 vs. IC-775DSP

[Ekki Plicht (DF4OR)]

On Sunday 17 February 2008, Skip Cameron wrote:
> Perhaps I am just old fashioned.
> What do you use the spectrum scope for?

Many things:
- You see immediately if a band is open or not. Useful not only in a contest 
where you want to check if 10/15m is open.

- You see the pile up crowd of a DX and can select the frequency where you 
want to slot in.

- You see the RTTY portion of the band during contest and can decide where to 
look for a clear frequency or CQ

- During a contest you look for stations to work. You tune across a quiet 
portion of the band, hearing nothing, you continue to tune. Suddenly a peak 
springs up on the freq you just passed over, you go back and work him. 
Without a scope you would have missed that station.

- On an otherwise quiet band you see other activities and can jump over there, 
as Adam already noted.

I will never go without a scope again, especially during a contest, but also 
in daily dx work.

73,
Ekki, DF4OR