[ICOM] Icom 7700 vs 7600
John Geiger
aa5jg at yahoo.com
Mon Jul 27 09:45:29 EDT 2009
Thanks Adam, the 7600 review was most useful. Sounds like it is pretty similar to the 7700.
73s John AA5JG
--- On Mon, 7/27/09, Adam Farson <farson at shaw.ca> wrote:
> From: Adam Farson <farson at shaw.ca>
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Icom 7700 vs 7600
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Monday, July 27, 2009, 1:07 AM
> Hi John,
>
> Yes, both the 7600 and 7700 have 15, 6 and 3 kHz roofing
> filters at the 1st
> IF (64.455 MHz). These filters are optimised for minimum
> passive IMD.
>
> All selectivity filtering takes place in the DSP at the 36
> kHz second IF.
>
> Here are my user reviews and test reports on the two
> models:
>
> http://www.ab4oj.com/icom/ic7600/7600notes.pdf
>
> http://www.ab4oj.com/icom/ic7700/7700notes.html
>
> Cheers for now, 73,
> Adam, VA7OJ/AB4OJ
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at yahoo.com>
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, 26 July, 2009 19:37
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Icom 7700 vs 7600
>
>
>
> How much better? I realize that is kind of a
> subjective question, though.
> The 7600 does some with roofing filters as standard,
> correct?
>
> 73s John AA5JG
>
> --- On Sun, 7/26/09, Dick Flanagan <dick at k7vc.com>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Dick Flanagan <dick at k7vc.com>
> > Subject: Re: [ICOM] Icom 7700 vs 7600
> > To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Sunday, July 26, 2009, 9:29 PM
> > At 07:24 PM 7/26/2009, John Geiger
> > wrote:
> > >
> > >Other than the built in PS and higher RF
> output, what
> > are the main
> > >differences between the 7700 and the 7600?
> >
> > The 7700 has a better receiver. The "dual watch"
> > feature will always
> > compromise receiver performance.
> >
> > Dick
> >
> > PS: The 7700 also has a 200 watt transmitter, but I
> > find that of
> > little value to me.
> > --
> > Dick Flanagan K7VC
> > dick at k7vc.com
> >
>
>
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