[ICOM] ProIII and TX5C

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

Do the hotshot SSB ops on this DXpedition not know how
to back off the RF gain?  Damn, we did that all the time
on strong signals before "modern" AGC was developed!
Ya work by layers, strongest to weakest.


Mac, K2GKK/5
Oklahoma City
Licensed - '53



> From: mike-2007 at elp.rr.com
> To: icom at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: RE: [ICOM] ProIII and TX5C
> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:45:32 -0600
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>
> I find that an interesting comment. Perhaps the IC-781 isn't going anywhere for
> a while yet.
>
> Mike - KD9KC.
> El Paso, Tx.
> DM61rt
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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.