[TenTec] IC-7800 Expanded Test Report

[Bill Tippett]

	Now available for ARRL members only at:

http://www2.arrl.org/members-only/prodrev/pdf/lab/ic7800.pdf

KC1SX added some new 1 kHz data to the QST Product Review:

BDR:  95 dB  (graph on page 19)
IMD:   66 dB (graph on page 20)
Phase noise: -93 dBc/Hz (graph on page 21)

By way of comparison, here are Orion's 1 kHz numbers:

BDR:  118 dB (graph on page 19)
IMD:  85 dB (graph on page 20)
Phase noise:  -138 dBc/Hz (graph on page 22)

http://www2.arrl.org/members-only/prodrev/pdf/lab/orion_etrr.pdf

And remember that the Inrad #352 kit (#762 assembled) improves
IMD by "about 10 dB" (according to Sherwood) at 1 kHz over the
1000 Hz filter data listed above.

	So much for "astonishing, unparalleled, ultimate" and other
unabashed Icom marketing hype about the 7800.

				73,  Bill  W4ZV