[ICOM] ProIII and TX5C

[Mike Olbrisch]

I find that an interesting comment.  Perhaps the IC-781 isn't going anywhere for
a while yet.

Mike - KD9KC.
El Paso, Tx.
DM61rt

ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ (Molon labe. [mo-lone lah-veh] Google it)

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jan Robbins
> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 6:43 PM
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: [ICOM] ProIII and TX5C
> 
> Boy, it is really amazing to see how badly the ProIII's are 
> working on SSB at TX5C.  You can see great--top of the 
> world--performance by the CW guys, while the poor SSB guys 
> are sitting around waiting for the AGC to come down to the 
> point where they can hear at least a 20-over signal.  
> CW rates are three to four times the SSB ones or more, 
> because the SSB ops are twiddling their thumbs.  I thought 
> this had been shown in any number of previous DXpeditions, 
> but I suppose if you are offered free radios, you take 'em 
> even if they can't do the job.  Doesn't ANYONE know what a 
> roofing filter is and why it matters?  They would have been 
> better off with 765's.