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
>>
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