[ICOM] QST - 7600

Fri Oct 9 21:51:52 EDT 2009

I just got home from a radio club meeting.  The main program for the night 
was testing of radios and the criteria used.  Seems at least to me from what 
I heard from a guy who gets paid to write columns for different magazines, 
that the testing is done in a way that makes all radios look pretty good for 
the manufacturers.  I didn't understand all that I heard but it seems we 
should be further along in radio specs then we are.  Are audio amps being 
specked at 2.5 watts per %10 percent distortion factor?  Who the heck could 
listen to that, it's a meaningless spec to the average ham.  So you have a 
super hot radio that you can't stand to listen to during a contest due to 
audio fatigue?

Ray - NV2A

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Carroll" <w2wg at comcast.net>
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] QST - 7600

> By tight front end, do you mean a front end which does not have the
> bandwidth to cover two ham bands at once--such as 20m and 40m-- or an even
> tighter one which does not coverage across segments within a band--for
> instance the 20m cw band and the 20m phone band?
>
> 73
> Bob W2WG
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] 
> On
> Behalf Of Don Cunningham
> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 3:56 PM
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] QST - 7600
>
> John, et al,
> You are missing one of the very important reasons for no dual watch on the
> 7700.  Dual watch requires a "wide open" front end so you can monitor two
> frequencies at the same time on the same receiver.  The 7700 was designed 
> to
>
> give that "tight front end" that many of us want for weak signal use, with
> less interference.  The 7700 certainly is a fine receiver, much superior 
> to
> the Pro III, but I have not seen the 7800 or 7600, so cannot speak to 
> those
> rigs.  Read all of Adam's report, it alludes to the reason for no dual 
> watch
>
> on the 7700
> 73,
> Don, WB5HAK
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at yahoo.com>
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 2:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] QST - 7600
>
>
> I would also take the 7600 over the 7700 because it does dual receive,
> something missing on the 7700. I know technically it is dual watch, but it
> does allow me to receive on 2 different frequencies at the same time.
>
> 73s John AA5JG
>
> --- On Fri, 10/9/09, Jan Robbins <swanman at cfu.net> wrote:
>
>> From: Jan Robbins <swanman at cfu.net>
>> Subject: Re: [ICOM] QST - 7600
>> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
>> Date: Friday, October 9, 2009, 12:37 PM
>> I would certainly think Hans is
>> right, that 7600/7700/7800 receiver
>> performance is "very
>> close". Simply looking at the circuitry suggests
>> that. Still, on-air
>> performance at this QTH, plus
>> some external professional testing, favored the 7700.
>> On the other
>> hand, look at the price tags of the three radios. If
>> performance
>> of all three is "very close," and you don't need 200w
>> output, why
>> wouldn't the 7600 be the "best buy?"
>>
>> Jan
>>
>> Hans Remeeus wrote:
>> > Receiver performance between the 7600/7700/7800 is
>> very close:
>> >
>> >
> http://www.remeeus.eu/ham-radio-english/transceivers/qst-product-reviews.htm
> l
>> >
>> >
>> > 73,
>> > Hans Remeeus (PA1HR)
>> > http://www.remeeus.eu
>> > Communication is about people, the rest is
>> technology.
>> >
>> >
>> > John Geiger schreef:
>> >> --- On Fri, 10/9/09, Jan Robbins <swanman at cfu.net>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> The
>> >>> receiver data is
>> >>> especially impressive, coming out vy nearly as
>> good as the
>> >>> 7700, which
>> >>> is Icom's best.
>> >> Does the 7700 beat the 7800 in receiver
>> performance?
>> >>
>> >> I admit, the QST review of the 7600 is very
>> tempting.
>> >>
>> >> 73s John AA5JG
>> >>
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