[ICOM] IC-7100

[bonddaleena at aol.com]

OK, you said you did an A/B test, but you never mentioned what you compared the 756PRO to.....

I have compared my PRO to:

75A-4 (recapped, aligned, etc)
745 (purchased new)
761 (serviced by Scott)
Drake R-4B (3 of them)
Drake R-4C (with all the Sherwood mods)
R-390A (well tuned)
R-388 (6 of these)
51J-3
SPR-4
R-71A
Drake 2-B
Drake 2-C
Drake TR-4 (5 of these)
Halli 117 (modded by the ER articles)
R-1051B
SX-101A (recapped, etc)

dozens of others, etc, etc

The PRO is still the receiver to beat. Maybe 'cause it was a JA radio that I hand carried back from Tokyo???

For many years, the receiver has been limited by noise, either man made or atmospheric.
The point of diminishing returns was reached a loooong time ago.

ron
N4UE

 

 

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Roger (K8RI) <k8ri at rogerhalstead.com>
To: icom <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sun, Jul 28, 2013 6:07 pm
Subject: Re: [ICOM] IC-7100


On 7/18/2013 7:41 PM, bonddaleena at aol.com wrote:
> Hi. Color screen 'might' be next. Remember the 756, 756PRO, II, and III?
> I still have my 756PRO I bought in Tokyo when they were first released. Still 
more radio than I use.....
> One thing I will never understand, is why the big 3 can make small radios with 
HF, VHF, and UHF while the big radios (with a lot of empty space) only go up to 
6M.
I love my 706g.....
> I have a Yaesu 901DM in storage that has the optional transverter for 6, 2, 
and 432. Wouldn't an Icom external transverter for several bands be cool? It 
woulf use all
the features of the radio. Even Drake had the rcv and xmit transverters 
back 'in the day'....
>
> I DO understand the average JA ham lives in small spaces and hence the market 
is made for them. This is another reason there is so few 220 mHZ radios here in 
the
USA since JAs don't have 220..
>

Those small rigs are basically intended for mobile and portable where 
size does matter. When on a "big" antenna the front ends appear to 
suffer. I've tried em all and in addition had several 7000s and 897Ds. 
Hated 'em, but needed the small size with all the required menus.  The 
front ends were sadly lacking too when stacked up against rigs like the 
7600, 5000MP, and unfortunately I've not had a chance to get acquainted 
with the 990S

For the money I like the 7600
When I replace my old 756Pro which has become the second rig, I'm not 
sure where I'll go.

I thought my 756 Pro was doing good until I set it up with an A/B switch 
comparison. Although still a good rig  It was a bit lacking in the 
comparison.  I'd really like to see how it compares with the 7600


73

Roger (K8RI)

> My random thought of the day... ha ha
>
> ron
> N4UE
>
>

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