Here's my 2 cents worth...
I don't know how delicate or dainty the radio is and I hope I don't find out
BUT...
When I first got the radio, I didn't really appreciate what I had. Only
after a few weeks
of operation and learning how to tailor the dsp did I begin to understand
what the
Icom 775DSP was capable of and now...
...after 4 months with my '775, all I can give it is a big thumbs up. I run
the transmit
DSP at 350 hz and 2.7 Khz and the processor and mic gain at 10:30a - this
gives me
the punch I need on the high end and I have received many unsolicited "great
audio"
reports. On the receiver side, it's a gem. I have a very quiet location to
begin with
to be sure, but then on top of that, if I crank in a touch of Noise
Reduction then
basically I have no noise floor at all - just signals! This is where this
particular
radio excels in my opinion: it receives the weakest of signals. Especially
on cw,
where I can actually boost a light signal with the Automatic Peak Filter.
...and whether Icom's are 'delicate' or not, all I can say mine seems to
roll with the
punches. I haven't abused the radio intentionally or otherwise; however a
couple of
power outages here associated with the Oregon floods and 110 mph winds did
hit the
radio while I was operating. These were the short outages of a second or two,
of the flickering type. The radio took those in stride.
If you get a chance, go to HRO like I did and operate the three dsp rigs
side by side.
I did and chose the Icom. All are excellent radios, of course. My personal
preference
for the receive 'sound' and the simplicity of the 775's frequency and
function readout
sold me on this particular rig.
73, John K7FD
Web Page http://www.teleport.com/~k7fd
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