[CQ-Contest] Icom 746 as contesting rig

[Mark Beckwith]

Our team (PJ4R&TI5N ARRL DX CW 2004-2006) has been using 746PROs.  We find 
the receivers too hot.  They act like good contest rigs with some 
attenuation.

Mark, N5OT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jan Erik Holm" <sm2ekm at telia.com>
Cc: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 1:12 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Icom 746 as contesting rig


Yes in many cases our receivers these days are far too sensetive,
i e too low noise floor, usually on the low bands it´s not needed
at all.
Fixing things with a RX front end attenuator is IMO smart, forexample
if you attenutae RX with 6 dB that will give your RX 12 dB increased
IMDDR3 performance, that´s why a small attenuation will make a
big impact.