‰  NOW 40 WPM  ‰  TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2004 QST  PAGES 65, 67 AND 100  ‰

TRANSMITTER THE TRANSMITTER PROVIDES AN EFFORTLESS 200 W ON ALL BANDS
WITHOUT AN INDICATION OF WORKING HARD.  I RECEIVED GOOD REPORTS ON BOTH CW
AND SSB DURING MY USUAL WEEKLY SKEDS, CONFIRMING THE DATA TAKEN BY MICHAEL,
KC1SX, IN OUR LAB FIGURES 4, 5 AND 6.  ONCE I HAD THE GAIN AND COMPRESSION
SETTINGS WORKED OUT, I RECEIVED EXCELLENT REPORTS ON SSB USING A LOANER
ICOM SM 20 DESK MICROPHONE NO MICROPHONE IS PROVIDED.  THE MULTIPLE
METERING OPTION SHOWN IN FIGURE 7 MAKES IT EASY TO WATCH COMPRESSION LEVEL
AND POWER OUTPUT AT THE SAME TIME, SO SETUP CAN BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHOUT THE
USUAL GUESSWORK.  SINCE DSP IS USED ON THE TRANSMIT AS WELL AS THE RECEIVE
SIDE, IT IS POSSIBLE TO SET THE TRANSMIT SPEECH BANDWIDTH AND SHIFT THE
HIGH OR LOW RESPONSE TO TAILOR TO CONDITIONS.  CW OPERATION WAS A BREEZE
WITH SMOOTH AND QUIET FULL BREAK IN OPERATION.  THE FILTER CHOICES AND
PASSBAND TUNING MADE IT EASY TO PULL OUT THE WEAK SIGNALS AND THE DYNAMIC
RANGE PAID OFF WHEN THERE WERE STRONG SIGNALS IN THE VICINITY.  I USED THE
7800 TO CHECK INTO THE WEEKLY ANTIQUE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION 75 METER AM NET
SUNDAYS AT 430 PM EST ON 3837 KHZ, BUT CONDITIONS WERE SO BAD THAT MY
‰  FROM PAGE 100  ‰
K9MIE/338 K9NB/341 KB8GWL/331 KC2BW/336 KC6H/334 KE1F/338 KG6S/333 KS9R/337
KX7J/344 LA3XI/346 LA9CE/356 LX1DA/330 LX2KQ/333 LZ1HA/334 LZ2CC/338
N1ALR/334 N1CNC/333 N2EDF/332 N3HBX/330 N4CW/338 N4EA/356 N4EX/332 N4GE/340
‰  QST DE W1AW  ƒ
SIGNAL WASNT FAR ENOUGH ABOVE THE NOISE IN THE ROCHESTER, NEW YORK AREA TO
OBTAIN AN INFORMATIVE REPORT, EVEN WITH THE LINEAR ON LINE.  BOB HEIL AND
JOE WALSH HAD GOOD RESULTS ON AM DURING THEIR VISIT TO W1AW, SO IM SURE IT
WORKS FINE ON THAT MODE IF CONDITIONS PERMIT.  I DIDNT TRY THE 7800 ON FM.
TO MAKE VOICE CONTESTING EASIER, FOUR VOICE MESSAGE MEMORIES CAN BE EASILY
RECORDED AS SHOWN IN FIGURE 8.  ODDS AND ENDS A NICE FEATURE OF THIS RADIO
IS THAT ONCE YOU HAVE THE SETTINGS SET UP THE WAY YOU LIKE, YOU CAN WRITE
THEM TO A FLASH MEMORY CARD THAT CAN BE INSERTED IN A SLOT ON THE FRONT
PANEL.  THIS LETS YOU NOT ONLY ALLOW OTHERS TO USE THE RIG WITHOUT FEAR OF
LOSING YOUR SETTINGS, BUT ALSO LETS YOU MOVE TO ANY 7800 AT A MULTI
POSITION STATION, FOR EXAMPLE WITHOUT HAVING TO LOSE TIME SETTING IT UP
YOUR WAY.  I MENTIONED THAT THIS RADIO DOESNT COME WITH A MICROPHONE OR A
KEYBOARD, FOR THAT MATTER AND SOME REVIEWERS WERE SURPRISED, ESPECIALLY
SINCE A HAND MIC COMES WITH THE RADIOS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ICOM LINE.  ON
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N4JR/333 N4LUF/333 N4ONI/333 N4TX/339 N4XMX/332 N6AHV/ N6DX/366 N6KZ/332
N6MG/346 N9BMS/333 NC6A/332 ND5S/327 NE0DX/327 NG6W/333 NS6B/339 NT5V/332

TRANSMITTING.  THE TEXT SCROLLS UP AND OUT OF VIEW AS YOU TYPE.  WHEN YOURE
READY, YOU PRESS THE F12 BUTTON ON THE KEYBOARD TO TRANSMIT, AND THEN PRESS
F12 AGAIN TO TOGGLE BACK TO RECEIVE.  THE IC 7800 ALSO OFFERS MACROS THAT
YOU CAN SET UP TO AUTOMATICALLY TRANSMIT
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W0GJ/338 W0RXL/340 W0ULU/337 W1DF/337 W1KG/351 W1ODY/ W2LK/335 W2OB/346
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