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K0CQ > TECH 08.06.09 02:21l 20 Lines 802 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re 706 or 857.
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Sent: 090607/2158Z @:W0AK.#CIA.IA.USA.NOAM #:55435 [Des Moines] $:55435_W0AK
From: K0CQ@W0AK.#CIA.IA.USA.NOAM
To : TECH@WW
The 857 and 897 are very close, much closer than the 857 and 817.
All have a working noise blanker which can't be said for the 706
so are much more usable in the real world.
The 857 I'm listening to right now has a hand feature for VHF, it
can be set so it listens on SSB and if you want to talk you use
the microphone (PTT) or if you want to call on CW you use the
KEY. No mode switch, no frequency shifts, just work which ever is
needed so long as receiving with the SSB filter is adequate. I
don't find the DSP will drag a weak CW signal out of the noise,
but the optional 500 Hz mechanical filter will improve the S/N of
the weak CW signal.
I liked my first 857 so well, I bought another.
73, Jerry, K0CQ @ W0AK.#CIA.IA.USA
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