[ICOM] IC-7000

[Stephen Budensiek]

Patrick,
   The S meter is very relational.   You could have two 7000's side by
side, and see that much variation.   The big question is, when you can
just barely copy a low signal in the noise on say the 718, how
copiable is it on the 7000?   Most radio's are supose to be setup so
the S meter reads a S9 at either 50 or 100uv.  But that's very
relative also.   Try the two radio's out on different spots on the
same band, say the low end, mid range, and high end of the band.  You
may well see one have a higher reading at one spot, the other at
another.   Try different bands, same setup.   You'll get different
readings between the radio's.  The critical question is how they work
at the S1 level to no signal meter reading.  Preamp not needed on
20-160 generally, but 6 thru 15 on bad days sure help with the preamp.

73's de Stephen, K0SD in TX

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On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Patrick Schwarz - KB8RTZ
<kb8rtz at oh.rr.com> wrote:
> Very much appreciate everyone's input.
>
> Stephen: Yes, I had turned off all three AGCs. All are turned on and the
> splatter went away.
>
> So, I plugged both the IC-7000 and the IC-718 into a t-adapter to
> monitor signal strength from both transceivers simultaneously. The
> pre-amp on both was turned off.
>
> 1. a signal strength S9 on the IC-718 reads S5-S7 on the IC-7000.
> 2. with the pre-amp on the IC-7000 turned on the signal strength matched
> that of the IC-718.
>
> Huh?? Is there that much rejection on the IC-7000? Seems way overkill to me.
>
> I plan to take the IC-7000 back to where I bought and ask for it to be
> connected to their antenna and compare to their display IC-7000 unit and
> their display IC-718 unit. If the pre-amp has to be turned on that's a
> real disappointment.
>
> By the way, performing a factory reset didn't change anything. Evidently
> there were instructions to perform the reset right at the beginning that
> I passed right by.
>
> 73...Patrick...KB8RTZ...
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