[CQ-Contest] $1000 receiver performance

[Bill Turner]

At that power level input, you will have serious leakage around the 
'850's filters. When I was using it for contesting, I could hear a 
strong station well before it was actually in the bandpass. The '870 had 
no such problem. If you want to stay with Kenwood, I'd recommend the 
'870. If it had 6 meters, I'd probably still have mine today, but I 
opted for the IC-746PRO and have been impressed by its performance.

--
Bill, W6WRT

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Original Message:

David Hachadorian <K6LL at adelphia.net> wrote:
> The only thing I remember about the receiver measurements on
> the 850 in QST was that, with the AIP turned on, the ARRL
> had to apply so much RF to the antenna terminals to make it
> overload, that they were afraid to proceed, for fear of
> burning out the front end. Now that's pretty good receiver
> performance! 



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