There is a bit of deception going on here as well, with the way ICOM chose to implement the built-in monitor of the 756 Pro series. Even with a high quality, flat response microphone, the stock internal audio produces a very restricted and gritty sounding signal, with no processing or equalization.
#ICOM 756 PRO II NO TX SERIES#
Unfortunately, the AM transmit side of the stock IC-756 Pro series is a somewhat different story. The available bandwidths include 3 kHz, 6 kHz, and 9 kHz positions, with the two wider ones being capable of providing some very pleasant listening experiences, especially when a good quality speaker or audio system is connected. Our GOTA team was strivingįor worked-all-states - we came close - 48! We made 185Ĭontacts - with no duplicates - by using the ARRL dupe sheets.There are quite a few people running the 756 Pro series of rigs, who have discovered that it has a very nice AM receiver. The only station inside the pavillion, it was a little noiser, Mike-fright, we setup as many as 4 headphones to the radioĪnd helped each other make contacts. push-up mast and an Ameritron DX-LB+ all band antennaĬonfigured in a north-south inverted-V arrangement. The GOTA team used our Coach's ham radio - an FT-847 with aģ0 ft. Next year, we will have a faster laptop computer!īill Dansereau, KC0VUI, GOTA Station Captain To work low orbiting satellites than long elliptical orbit Helped setup and tear down - thanks! Its definitely harder We used an FT-847 with a battery charged with solar polar.Ī homemade set of 2m and 70cm (circular) antennas provided In the early morning was wonderful - providing coast-īill Briles, W0OQC, Satellite Station Captain Highest inverted-V antenna on the site! 80m propagation
Push up mast with 15 ft end masts resulted in the Incidence) antenna, but the availability of a 40 ft We were going to operate an 80m NVIS (near vertical Of the team members, so we had a few hours ofįamiliarization to become fully aware of its utility.
Occurred - unfortunately, it never did! We had a 3Įlement beam hung in a tree with an unusual spider's The 80m team monitored 6m - just in case an opening Our operators worked CW, PSK31, and SSB contacts. Often when contact could not be made on one antenna,ĭennis Gaskill, KC0IFQ, 40m Station CaptainĪn ICOM 746 PRO was the radio of choice for the 40m team.Ī 40m dipole oriented NW to SE at 30 feet served as ourĪntenna. Model #) and a Hy-Gain TH-3JRS tribander at about 20 feet. During the quieter hours of Sunday morning, ranģ0W on PSK31. Transceiver was a Yaesu FT-857D running 100W on USB most of Threw it back in after it flopped off the hook on the dock. Kay, Joey, Haley,ĭrew and I went fishing and I caught a little fish. Paddleboats and feeding the ducks popcorn. In the off-moments, Haley and I enjoyed the
#ICOM 756 PRO II NO TX MANUAL#
Through the manual to configure the radio for Field Day We used the FT-990 with the club's verticalĪntenna (R5 I think). The 15M station was setup by Steve and Haley CanfieldĪnd Ron Wing.
Steve Canfield, KC0GAA, 15m Station Captain Not have all the new, modern bells and whistles, but it Rugged, transformer-filter-regulator power supply. Plus-year old transceiver and an equally heavy, but very The station was simple, but effective, using a twenty. The vertical omni-ĭirectional antenna was well suited to our location in theĬentral US, but if the band had been REALLY open, aĭirectional antenna would have been needed. The mast system went up, andĭown, easily and quickly. James Whitfield, N5GUI, 10m Station Captainġ0M was particularly successful for a band that wasĮxpected to be dead at the bottom of the solar cycle.Īn AR-10, half wave vertical, end-fed at 30 feet andĮxtending up another 16 feet was pulling in signals Here are some comments from each of our station captains regarding field day!
#ICOM 756 PRO II NO TX TV#
The things that contributed most to the event were a highly motivated GOTA team, great antennas, a visit by the local TV station, a visit by the Sedgwick County Commisioner,and some really awesome breakfasts, lunches, and barbeque dinners (thank you Don Urban KC0BVX and Mary Whitfield)! Our number of QSOs and bonus points were at an all time high! Total score was 3,760 points. The Boeing Employees Amateur Radio Society of Wichita, Kansas had a great field day! Over 52 participants, 10 visitors, 8 youth GOTA participants with 2 additional youths who assisted were present at this years Field Day event held at the Spirit Boeing Employee Association (SBEA) Lake in Wichita, KS.
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