[CQ-Contest] Icom 746 as contesting rig

[Mike Brown]

I'm not totally against a 746 Pro, but I saw all the reviews on EHam and 
  the biggest complaint was transmitter failures. Did Icom get that fixed?

Mike - K9MI


Mark Beckwith wrote:
> 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. 
> 
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