IC-756Pro II comments received from Helmut Riedmann, OE9ERI

I searched the new Pro2 schematics and must say, that the receiving path has been much improved.

The 11 filters have been separated, the 5 bands 1.6 - 8 MHz are now on an extra board and the pin-diodes are Motorola MMBV-3700. I don’t know how much better they are than the 1SV263/265 - could not find any data on the web - but Icom should know.

There are now two more double-FET amplifiers instead of single-FETs; the mixers are the same as in the Pro. It could be that the spectrum scope has now reduced IM-products too.

The NB-gate is adjustable via Menu to reduce the distortion from nearby strong stations.

The complete set of information is on the FCC ID page. On FCC search page, click Generic Search Report, then enter Grantee Code AFJ and Product Code IC-756Pro2.

I hope to have much better Receiver-IMD on the Pro2, because here in Europe there was a lot of IMD3 on 7 MHz and 10 MHz.

73, Helmut, oe9eri

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