The synchronous detection is also great on the Grundig satellite 800.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: Filtering report of the IC7000


> Phil,
>
> Does the 7000 have synchronous detection?  That may not be high on your 
> list
> of must-have features, but it's one of the best features of the 2010, and
> almost impossible to find elsewhere.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 14:16
> Subject: Filtering report of the IC7000
>
>
>>I have tuned in some strong CW signals compared to the weaker ones I
>> reported on the other day.  The S9 signals tune down to about 80 Hz
>> compared
>> to the narrow 12 to 14 Hz of the weaker signals.  I am saying that
>> anything
>> outside these thresholds, top and bottom, means the signals simply isn't
>> there; they are gone, that is, cut off.  Pretty narrow tuning.  I am also
>> copying weaker signals, that when tuning passed them with wider 
>> filtering,
>> such as in the sideband mode and are hardly copyable, once the CW filters
>> mode is buttoned on, the signals come up to a Q5 copy level and then can
>> be
>> made even stronger by fiddling with the tuneable filtering.  I've also
>> tested the notch filter used for zeroing out a carrier that comes on.  It
>> vanishes when you hit the right frequency but very little change is
>> noticed
>> in the background noise characteristics of the receiver.  I also got a 
>> lot
>> of time during Sweep Stakes to play around with the sideband filtering 
>> and
>> witnessed first hand how narrow you can tighten down on a sideband signal
>> and still copy him just fine.
>>
>> I still haven't learned how to set memories or scan, you get mighty tired
>> at
>> spinning the dial at 1 or 10 Hz, so I plugged in the desk microphone I
>> purchased because I knew it would have up and down scanning buttons, 
>> which
>> it does.  Those work fine other than the fact you have to hold them down
>> during the scan and it would appear, from my frequency readings, that you
>> are jumping 5 Hz in the sideband mode on the default setting so it works
>> pretty well.  It is pretty quick but not too fast that you just whiz
>> passed
>> the signal before you know it.
>>
>> Dumb me.  I discovered this week, too, just playing around, it covers the
>> FM
>> broadcast band but for good fidelity, I'm going to find me a bigger,
>> basier,
>> speaker because those in the radio are pretty tinny sounding.  In short,
>> it
>> would appear the 7000 will replace all my radios by a wide margine and
>> this
>> includes my beloved Sony 2010 I have had for years.  The 7000 is about 
>> the
>> size of a cigar box but you can pound nails with it due to its metal
>> construction.
>>
>> Phil.
>> K0NX
>>
>