[ICOM] Icom 756PRO as a CW contest rig

[goldtr8 at charter.net]

I would recommend a K3 as the roofing filters are available, plus the 
cost for performance is fantastic if you build it yourself.

JMHO

Don
KD8NNU


On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 1:56 PM, mschellur at earthlink.net wrote:

> Hi Larry,
>
> What rigs do you recommend for CW contesting?
>
> Best and 73,
>
> Mike KF2LF
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Larry Young <k4lxv at bellsouth.net>
>> Sent: Jan 2, 2011 11:15 AM
>> To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Icom 756PRO as a CW contest rig
>>
>> John; Having owned both a 756Pro and now owning a ProIII, The 756Pro 
>> is a good cw rig, but  understand that any rig in cw contesting will 
>> perform better if a narrow roofing filter is available.The 756pro has 
>> another issue under strong signal conditions. Due to insufficient 
>> +8volt IF amplifier supply decoupling causing artifacts in the IF. 
>> This defficiency can easily be remedied by the addition of a 1000uf 
>> filter capacitor to the +8volt power rail. It has been written about 
>> and can be found on the internet.
>>   To be very competitive in CW contesting You may want to look at 
>> other rigs.
>>   Larry K4LXV.
>>
>> --- On Sat, 1/1/11, John Geiger <aa5jg at fidmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> From: John Geiger <aa5jg at fidmail.com>
>> Subject: [ICOM] Icom 756PRO as a CW contest rig
>> To: cq-contest at contesting.com, "ICOM Reflector" 
>> <icom at mailman.qth.net>, okdxa at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Saturday, January 1, 2011, 8:47 PM
>>
>> How does the Icom 756PRO do under heavy CW QRM?  Some of the eham.net 
>> reviews weren't very flattering in terms of CW performance.
>>
>> 73s John AA5JG
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