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Matt285:
Well the Icom is still down. I got out my Hendricks PFR-3 QRP Cw transceiver over the weekend and was able to work several stations on 5 watts. Canada,MA,TX,SC and Belize. It's tough with the sun spots being what they are,but it was nice to be working QRP again. I operated low power for about six years when conditions were better and worked the world on a G5RV. It's always fun operating equipment that you built!

Josh:
Had a 703 for a while. Put a few turns around the window frame in the bedroom for general sw listening and fed it to the tuner in the 703, worked Michigan no prob on 40m ssb 10w out.

Matt285:
Yeah I remember when the 703's first came out. They were $429.00 before the plus model. I always like the look of them but I have also heard they have a reputation for having weak finals in them.

Josh:
Yep, mine blew one of the pa pair and there's no real pa transistor replacement that won't do the same thing so sold it.

I had the idea Icom would come out with a new qrp rig as the 703 was more or less a success, mebbe with dsp/sdr and so on. Years go by and now that I have one of these coming in the mail this week;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ft7tUfzqQ5c

Then heard the other day this is coming out;
https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamhf/0705.html

So the Xiegu G90 is like a tiny Icom 756 Pro - one of my all time fav rigs - and being about the size of a cb rig is very portable. 20w is only 1 s unit down from 100w and I've already seen what you get with only 10w of ssb on hf.

Matt285:
Yes I saw a review the other day for the Icom 705 they showcased at the Tokyo ham fest. Cool rig. I heard the price point is spouse to be around $700.00. One thing I never understood was why companies dont make single band rigs for say 15,17,20 & 40 meters? Just a simple radio like an RCI2950 or HR2510. I wanted to build a BitX20 to run in my truck, but the kit has been discontinued. I was gonna drive an amp with it to get out around 100/150 watts on 20 meters.

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