[TenTec] Decision Made/PRO III

[Steve N4LQ]

Don't do anything hasty about the ICOM PRO III until you hear from my 
experience, which isn't quiet complete.
I bought one from AES and ran some Spectrogram patterns on the receiver. 
Mine has serious problems at narrow BW settings, namely huge noise spikes, 
far out of the passband.
I sent it back to AES along with a print of the problem. They will either 
send me a replacement or a refund. I have a feeling it's a design flaw but I 
must give them a chance to check it out. Meanwhile, see this link where I 
compared the PRO III with an Omni VI+. The picture was taken during last 
week during heavy QRN on 80m. Both rigs set for 250hz with their noise 
reduction turned on. The Omni was very quiet while the PRO III was making 
horrible clicking sounds as if it were converting the static to wide band 
transients.
http://www.webham.com/Noise%20Pulses.jpg
Steve N4LQ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <KD7EFQ at aol.com>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 25, 2004 9:33 PM
Subject: [TenTec] Decision Made


> NJ0IP,
>
> I am not considering my 570S to continue to be my main rig. It will be for
> the nightstand in the bedroom and for 6 meter activity. I am not going to
> commit to buying the 756 PRO III until the QST reviews come out so I can 
> see what
> the IMDDR3 and 3rd order Intercept points are on it. I know it will not 
> beat
> the Orion in close in rejection, but stability and dependability may be 
> another
> matter. If the PRO III is close to say an Omni 5 or 6+, that will be good
> enough for me. I am not a contester, but I do like working DX.
>
> I know Ten Tec has a 30 day trial period, and I may try an Orion, if the
> stability issues are really mostly urban myths. But you sure couldn't tell 
> that by
> some of the posts you see on here. If only Icom had the 30 day money back
> guarantee...
>
> 73, Todd - KT0DD - kd7efq at aol.com
> "The race is over...THE RATS WON !"
> _______________________________________________
> TenTec mailing list
> TenTec at contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tentec
>