[TenTec] Question re Orion vs Icom IC-7800

[Bernard(wtrone)]

    Randy: go to the following website and look at an independent review of 
may ham rigs.  From these data, it would seem that the Orion is somewhat 
better.

        http://www.sherweng.com/table.html


        73s,


        Bernard, WA4OEJ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy K7RAN" <k7randy at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion Ten-Tec Equipment of" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 28, 2005 6:59 AM
Subject: [TenTec] Question re Orion vs Icom IC-7800


> Last night I worked a very nice fellow on 40 CW who had just taken
> delivery of his new IC-7800 yesterday. I understand that this is a
> $10k radio (or basically 2.5 on the OCS [Orion Cost Scale], hi).
> Afterward, I was curious and went to the Icom web site and read this
> bit of marketing copy: "Icom's 40 years of analog RF circuit
> experience combined with cutting edge digital technology results in
> an astonishing 110dB receiver dynamic range and a +40dBm IP3 in the
> HF bands. A first in Ham radio!"
>
> Questions:
>
> 1) How does their quote "astonishing 110db receiver dynamic range"
> compare with the Orion's performance? Isn't it true that our Orion
> receiver beats it pretty handily?
> 2) What does "+40dBm IP3" mean? How does that compare with Orion?
> 3) What does "A first in Ham radio!" mean? Are they saying that their
> specs are so tremendous that they beat anything out there (including
> Orion's superior specs)? Or are they saying that when they first
> brought this radio to market nobody could touch them at that point?
> (Or, praytell, is this just another example of someone testing the
> FTC's truth in advertising provisions?)
>
> 73,
>
> Randy K7RAN
>
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