Archive for April, 2009

FT-2000 HF Transceiver

The Yaesu FT-2000 is a full sized man’s rig with great sounding audio. One can listen to this radio for hours on end without it wearing you down. The ability to upgrade firmware in this radio is a big plus. The DMU also adds some great features, especially if you’re married to the band scope, you can get a nice, large, flat screen LCD to view it on.

The FT-2000 provides a full 100 Watts of power output (AM: 25 W) on the 160-6 Meter Amateur bands, and the U.S. version includes a special memory bank containing the five 60-meter channels, as well. Continuous receiver coverage from 30 kHz to 60 MHz is provided. Note: frequency coverage may differ in your country.

Yaesu FT-2000

Download the FT-2000 manual.

Successor of the very popular FT-1000MP (Mark-V/Field). RF and LF scope. High dynamic range front end. 6 KHz and 12 KHz Roofing Filters. IF-DSP. Sub receiver. Flexible Connection Points for RTTY, SSTV, PSK31, JT65 (EME) and other Digital Modes; VOX (Automatic voice-operated TX/RX control); All mode Squelch; FM Mode: 50-Tone CTCSS Encode/Decode System; Band-Specific Repeater Shifts for 29/50 MHz FM; Wide/Narrow modes for AM and FM; Flexible, easy-to-use VFO/Memory command selections: A>B, A=B, V/M, M>A, A>M; Memory Channel Offset Tuning (MT); Versatile Scanning Capability; Versatile Menu Mode for customization of setup and features; Transverter Jack; Constant-level rear-panel sound recording jack; Comprehensive external RS-232C computer control (CAT) protocol; Optional FH-2 Keypad provides ease of control for CW or Voice Messages and Receiver Loop recording.

April 10th, 2009 by admin
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IC-756 Pro HF Transceiver

The Icom 756 Pro covers all nine HF ham bands plus 6 meters (receive from 30 kHz – 60 MHz). The high resolution 4.9 inch TFT color dot matrix LCD display provides more operating information than you’ve ever had before, including a spectrum scope (± 12.5, ± 25, ± 50 or ± 100 kHz). The Pro features a 32-bit floating point DSP Digital IF filter with 41 selectable bandwidths, microphone equalizer, manual notch function, digital twin pass band tuning (PBT), all mode, including PSK31, and much more. No additional filters or high stability crystal oscillators are available or needed.

Icom IC-756 Pro

You will find the following for this fine HF radio:

Watch these demo videos of the 756 Pro in action.

April 9th, 2009 by admin
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IC-7700 HF Transceiver

ICOM has followed all the success of the beautiful IC-7800 with the smaller, single receiver IC-7700. It utilizes two separate 32-bit floating point TI DSP chips, has a 7-inch wide TFT display, built in RTTY/PSK31 receive and transmit using a USB Keyboard interface, external video connection, high res spectrum scope, plus high voltage MOSFET 200 Watt PA.

 

Icom IC-7700

  • Large size and superb ergonomics, its a beautiful and easy to use radio
  • The bandscope is superb, it would have been nice if click and tune with say a plug in
    mouse was available.
  • The receiver is great even though its not chart topping or better than a radio like the K3 in key receiver metrics. The K3 is a better CW radio and on crowded bands like 40 meters during big contests the K3 eats the IC7700. For everyday use its great and its low noise/hiss receiver is great. You can hear the superior in band IMD and lack of peak distortion on the received signals when compared to other radios. Very weak signal detection is superior to the K3 on SSB. When the signals hardly move the S-meter they much easier to copy than my K3. However the K3 will hear anything that the IC7700 will. Its just easier copy on the IC7700. On SSB the IC7700 is better receiver in my opinion. The K3 with its quirky roofing filters and non centered IF shift always make the receiver sound hissy. The IC7700 seems to resolve signals much better.
  • Built in power supply is great.
  • 200 Watts of output is superb and it produces this with no power spikes and very smooth power control. I was expecting much better transmitter IMD performance than the QST review returned. However the IC7700 has much less transmitted crud than my K3.
  • Fantastic receiver stability. The K3 even after close to 2 years since its release still does not have the TCXO compensation ready yet. This stability thing becomes an unhealthy obsession when you have an Rubidium standard!

You can download the user manual for the Icom IC-7700 here.

Did you know Amazon sells Icom VHF Radios?

April 7th, 2009 by admin
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