[TenTec] Scads of used Icom IC-7300

[Carl Moreschi]

The clip point on my Flex 6500 is S9+80 DB.  That's +7 dbm.  If it were 
to happen that I had signal overload, I would put the 20 db attenuator on.

Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com

On 9/10/2016 2:28 PM, Gary J FollettDukes HiFi wrote:
> What happens if a signal that is 140 dB above the noise floor comes along, a condition quite common in Europe?
>
> Have you tested for this condition?
>
> Regards and 73,
>
> Gary
>
> W0DVN
>
> PS: I think that the rather nice Flex 6500 does have pretty good bandpass filtering before the A to D to help its performance in regards to strong out-of-band signals. I think that is where the 7300 comes up short and is why Icom recommends a preselector.
>
>
>> On Sep 10, 2016, at 1:17 PM, Barry N1EU<barry.n1eu at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 10, 2016 at 4:20 PM, Gary J FollettDukes HiFi<
>> dukeshifi at comcast.net>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I stand by my previous statement that you COULD produce an exceptional DSP
>>> receiver, one that would blow the socks off any heterodyne receiver, if you
>>> used 24 bit data and a tracking preselector to limit the impact of strong
>>> out-of-band signals.
>>>
>>>
>> The 16-bit ADC front ends of both my ANAN-100D and Flex 6500 were the equal
>> of any heterodyne receiver, or at least my Orion II and K3s.  16 bits are
>> enough.  And I'm talking tough contest conditions on bands filled with huge
>> signals.
>>
>> 73, Barry N1EU
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