[Mobile-Portable] IC706

[Larry Comden]

We just ran our club 2M simplex contest with 50 to 100 stations in the local area.. I was mobile with my IC706 MkIIG. Strong signals on adjacent (15KHz) FM channels were bleeding thru so badly that weak signals (the life blood of a contest like this) were swamped. We were definitely not operating side by side. My competitors were 3 or more miles away - some mobiling some fixed. All stations limited to 50W.

I've also noticed this effect in other locations near paging, radio and TV transmitters. Does anyone on the list know what front end VHF/UHF filtering is done in this rig?

At home on HF I can use the RF gain to reduce the effect. 


Larry K3VX