Steve,

No, the stations, even the weaker ones, come in just fine like they do on 
any other local signals.

Phil.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: Update on Icom 7000


> 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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>>
>