[SixClub] New Rigs

[Roger (K8RI)]

On 1/2/2011 9:25 PM, John Geiger wrote:
> Like most other things in life, you get what you pay for.  An Icom 7700 or
> 7800 will have a much better receiver than a FT857D when the band gets
> really crowded, like in a contest.  You will be able to hear and work things
> that would be lost in the IMD products and crud on a FT857D.  That being
> said, for most people, the receiver performance on the FT857D is enough
> because they don't have high gain antennas or run contests.
You even see at least some of that difference when going to the Icom 7000.
I'd really like the chance to use one of the new Yaesu Cadillac Rigs of 
the 5000 and 9000 series.

73

Roger (K8RI)
> A couple of months ago I had a chance to use a Kenwood TS950S in the CQWW
> contest.  My usual setup is something like a Yaesu FT450, FT100D, FT920,
> something like that.  My first impression was how clean 40m SSB sounded on
> the TS950S.  Much of the distortion produced by lesser quality rigs just
> wasn't there.  And this was on a fairly low, pretty crummy dipole.  I am
> sure the difference would have been much more striking on a 40m yagi.
>
> 73s John AA5JG
> ----- Original Message -----
> From:<donroden at hiwaay.net>
> To: "World Wide Six Meter Club"<sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2011 2:17 AM
> Subject: [SixClub] New Rigs
>
>
>>> On 1/2/2011 6:10 PM, Howard Bingham wrote:
>>>> Don't know what the attraction in these high priced ICOM, when there are
>>>> several Yaesu&   Kenwood's that pretty well fit the bill for much less,
>>>> with enough change difference to buy an AMP to boot..!
>> I was all Collins and Yaesu until I bought the Kenwood TS-2000.  This
>> is the most remarkable DC to daylight radio.  I purchased a TH-D7
>> walkie and can walk all over the neighborhood and work any mode on 160
>> through 6 using SkyCommand.
>>
>> Don W4DNR
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