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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
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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
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