Phil,

Glad to hear that your 7000 is working so well, and that you're still 
enjoying it despite its steep learning curve.  Do you sacrifice any fidelity 
on those BC stations because of the radio's ability to get rid of the 
digital crud?  If you don't, then that speaks volumes about the receiver's 
filters.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 22:25
Subject: Update on Icom 7000


> It has been a year since I bought the Icom 7000 and although there are 
> loads
> of features I haven't learned yet, largely because I don't need access to
> them, I have learned all the basics but that isn't the focus of this
> message.  It is the short wave and A M and FM capability of the radio I 
> want
> to talk about this time.  I've been using the R7 vertical on my roof for
> nearly a year with the radio but after getting the G5RV up a couple of
> months ago, it has improved, as was expected, my FM, and especially the A 
> M
> broadcast band, and short wave frequencies, dramatically.  When I turn the
> radio on in the morning, I never turn it off until I go to bed at night
> because, over my Icom R75 receiver, and my sony 20 10, it has become my
> favorite broadcast receiver.  I have been an avid A M broadcast band
> listener since I was a kid and this radio takes the cake hands down.  We
> have two stations in Denver on 630 and 71 KHz which never created any
> problem listening to a 20 over S9 station on 650 KHz out of Cheyenne 
> Wyoming
> until, dad gummit, the two stations mentioned put on those dumb digital
> signals.  Between those two digital signals, they completely blocked out
> everything in between 630 and 710 and this was even true with my Icom R75
> receiver.  The station in Cheyenne simply was no longer able to be copied
> due to these two local stations digital signals.  This includes stations 
> 50
> miles north in Fort Collins Colorado on 700 and a station on 640 in 
> Colorado
> Springs Colorado which is 65 miles south and over a tall ridge that 
> normally
> blocks most southern Colorado signals even on 2 meters.  .  By the way,
> Cheyenne is 100 miles, or a little more, about 110 I guess, north of 
> Denver.
> Well, I can now hear 650 20 over S9 again with the Icom 7000 and there 
> isn't
> even a hit of those digital signals coming through.  Using the G5RV, I
> likewise am now able to hear weaker stations 50 to 100 miles away that 
> even
> my R75 receiver couldn't copy with a 100 foot long wire.  This include the
> 700 and 640 stations just mentioned which aren't very strong at all.  So, 
> in
> short, I am delighted with the receiver capability of the IC 7000, to say
> the least.
>
> Phil.
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