"John Plimmer" wrote in message
...
Anyone interested in having a look at a side by side comparison between
the
venerable Drake R8B and Icom's latest digital transceiver offering the 756
PRO III can do so at
http://www.dxing.info/equipment/icom_ic756_plimmer.dx
The Icom has some impressive features for a SW DXer with performance to
match
Nice job John- and very much appreciated. I am using the original 756PRO
and find it to be an exceptional LF--HF RX. For the LF experimental band,
the ability to precisely set the BFO offset makes it possible to run ARGO in
the narrowest of BW and be certain the signal will fall right where it
should.
I too would like sync detection, but find that tuning in the 1Hz step mode
allows fantastic Exhaulted carrier detection.
The scope is a real plus, and would be very much missed on any other rig.
I run line audio out to a HiFi amp and find the audio superb, but lacking
( as you mentioned) if I just use another speaker on the 8 Ohm output of the
Icom.
73,



Dale W4OP
for PAR Electronics, Inc.