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#Icom ic r8500 review manual#
The manual is hilariously badly written and the advertising has been utterly vague about the sdr functions i can't be the only person who delayed buying one due to all the misinformation swirling around Not happy with the charger, it makes poor contact with the unit and has to be on a perfectly flat surfaceīut glad of a rechargable battery back to save on buying packs of AA all the time Long wave is actually usable with the internal bar ant- a first on a scanner for me Great belt clip- no chance of losing the unit now You'll hear my lp tx on 1440 and mix of Gold & the asian network on 1458 Heres some test I/Q files centered on 1440khz using an IQ offset of +12khz and recorded with KG-SDRīandwidth seems about 48khz but thats a limitation of the sound card on my wheezing old laptop I'm currently in the learning phase but so far i'm very impressedįirst thing i need to do is replace the crappy stock ant. I just replaced my knackered Alinco DJ-X2000 (a great little unit)with the Alinco DJ-X11
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Turns out some of the hardcore Aussie TV Dxers like Tony Mann who used to swear by Yupi handies ditched them after trying the alinco I favour Icom for a big main home base rig and Alinco for a handyĪ friend in South Africa bought the Icom R20 and regretted it, the advertising didn't make it clear that ssb couldn't be used above 470mhz Icom handies ( annoying images of fm signals 900khz + 10.8mhz from the true freq) I've had Yupi Scanners (too many birdies- had to keep unplugging the ant to see if a carrier was real) Hopefully they got it right with the R20, but even Icom make mistakes.įor performance i also prefer Alinco over an Icom handy It was dreadful in comparison to the Alinco, big mistake. The seriousĬontester or DX'er will no longer be handicapped by IMD products or phase noise in his own receiver.26CAB40 wrote:I had an Alinco MVT9000 and sold it to buy the IC-R10. Again, this is among the highest I have ever measured in a superhet.
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I'm sure the engineers will have no problem understanding it.Īt the end of the technical part, Adam also explains his results in clear English (for the rest of us).ĭR3 (3rd order IMD dynamic range, Test 4) is 15 - 20 dB higher than that of earlier designs. See: Noise Power Ratio (NPR) Testing of HF Receiversįor many of us, the complexity of Adam's NPR test is beyond our technical understanding. NPR stands for "Noise Power Ratio" and uses notched noise to evaluate dynamic receiver performance.īefore diving into reading Adam's transceiver tests and reviews, it is a good idea to first read about the test method he is using.
#Icom ic r8500 review full#
He coordinates closely with Rob Sherwood and their feedback to the transceiver OEMs helps improve the radios we all use.Īdam has especially focused his attention on ICOM transceivers and has full test reviews on: Adam Farson is a retired telecom engineer who enjoys evaluating the latest radio technology.