[ICOM] ProIII and TX5C

[Doug Renwick]

Hmmm, I find those comments intriguing.  This is why.  I was a SSB
operator on the Clipperton 2000 DXpedition which used 756 Pros.  At the
time I knew very little about 'setting' them up, but studied a bit on
the boat ride down.  I don't recall having a problem with the AGC
'hanging up'.  One evening on 75 phone I was banging off around 5
stateside contacts a minute and maybe more when it was sixes only.  I
was listening only on one announced frequency.  Are the PROIII s that
much worse than the PRO or is there another problem?

Doug VE5RA/VA5DX

"Those Island days are always on my mind,
Someday I'm going to leave it all behind."

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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.