Re: [TenTec] Scads of used Icom IC-7300

[Carl Moreschi <n4py3@earthlink.net>]

The user interface is actually very good.  It's just very very different 
from anything else and takes some getting used to.
It's all graphical.  My non-ham son sat down and tried it without me 
telling him anything and had it going almost immediately.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com

On 9/10/2016 3:23 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
> On Sat,9/10/2016 12:10 PM, Carl Moreschi wrote:
> > The clip point on my Flex 6500 is S9+80 DB. That's +7 dbm.
> 5W at the antenna input. That's a LOT of signal.
>
> > If it were to happen that I had signal overload, I would put the 20 db
> > attenuator on.
> Or engage a bandpass filter if the signal is out of band.
>
> My neighbor, K6TD, an excellent EE and contester, told me two years ago
> that the 6500 is the best radio he's ever owned, but that the UI was
> awful. The UI has been improved to the extent that some major contesters
> are pretty happy. I know of at least four 6500/5700 owners in NCCC (the
> SF Bay area contesters club), and all are both excellent engineers and
> active contesters.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
>
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