Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc

Well, after several requests, and much procrastination, I finally
got a "round tuit" and updated this list.  I've already sent a copy
to the ARRL for their email server, and will send it to the hamster
ftp site, if I can find the info on where/who that was.
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Charlie Panek  KX7L		Hewlett Packard Company
charlier@lsid.hp.com            Lake Stevens Instrument Division
                                Everett, Washington

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          Summary of Data from QST Reviews of Amateur HF Transceivers
                        Version 4    16 Dec 1992

	QST   |		Xmtr	     |		Rcvr
Rig	Review|	Harm.	Spurs	IMD  |	Min Sig	BlkRng	IMD DR	3rdO Icpt	
	Issue |	dBpep	dBpep	dBpep|	dBm	dB	dB	dBm
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yaesu:
FT-ONE	08/83	-53	-65	-38	-133	N.L.	N.L.	N.L.
FT-77	11/83	 - 	-54	-35	-139.5	99	92	-1.5
FT-101E	09/76			-34	-141	108	81
FT-101Z	12/79 	-45		-38	-139	112	78	-22
FT-102	10/83 	-44		-40	-127	N.L.	96.5	+18
FT-107	04/81		-47	-32	-133	N.L.	82
FT-301	10/77	-55	-68	-40	-133	100	75
FT-707	06/81	-60	-49	-34	-126	N.L.	76	-12
FT-747	08/89	-54	-60	-32	-136	109.5	90	-1
FT-757	12/84		-58	-33	-137	N.L.	89	-5
FT-767	09/87	-62	-56	-40	-131	115	85	
FT-901	11/78	-46	-57	-38	-137	114	85
FT-980	11/84	-56		-37	-137	N.L.	N.L.	N.L.
FT-890	09/92	-50	-50	-30	-137	127	92	+1
FT-1000	03/91	-60	-45	-36	-136	137	94	+5

Icom:
IC-701	04/79	-45	-60		-133	120	87
IC-720	08/82	-58	-63	-28	-132	N.L.	92	+13.5
IC-725	03/90	-56	-56	-35	-137.5	N.L.	90.5	-2
IC-730	11/82	-50	-60	-40	-140	N.L.	96	+4.0
IC-735	01/86	-65	-65	-33	-133	N.L.	88	-1
IC-740	09/83	-57	-63	-30	-141	125	94	-0.5 
IC-745	09/85	-65	-65	-35	-140	115	92	-3
IC-751	01/85	-60	-60	-33	-138	N.L.	91	-5.5
IC-765	12/90	-64	-64	-40	-142	146	96	+2
IC-761	09/88	-56	-65	-37	-139	122	95	2.5
IC-781	01/90	-63	-63	-37	-140	132.5	97	4.5

Ten-Tec:
ArgntII	01/92	-53	-53	-30	-135	109	82	-16
Argosy	10/82	-48	-54	-31	-133	98	64
Centy22	05/85	-54	-46		-128	109	81	-6.5
Corsar2	08/87	-60	-45	-29	-124	117	80	-4
DeltaII	01/92	-52	-47	-33	-129	104	88	-0.5
Omni D	01/80 	-65	-48	-30	-128	115	90	-4
Omni V	11/90	-62	-48	-33	-135	135	95	6.5
Paragon	05/88	-56	-61	-33	-137	136	101	12.75

Collins:
KWM-830	10/82	-59	-60	-34	-131	N.L.	N.L.	N.L.

Cubic:
Ast 102	12/81	-50	-49	-28	-125	N.L.	84	-3

Drake:
TR7/DR7	05/79	-46	-52	-33	-133	120	84	

Swan:
Astr150	7/80	-44	-55	-29	-127	114	84	-1

Heathkit:
HW-9	07/85 	-42	-42		-128	122	88	4
HW-104	12/76			-40	-125	94	71
HW-5400	10/84	-48	-56	-30	-133	110	82	-12.0
SB-1400	10/89	-53	-56	-30	-135.5	112.5	91	+1
SS-9000	02/84	-55	-60	-29	-138	118	88	-4.5

Kenwood:
TS-120S	02/80 	-60	-49	-36	-139	108	75	-26.5
TS-130	07/81	-55	-45	-38	-138	109	78	-19.5
TS-140	06/88	-46		-30	-137	114	91	-0.5
TS-180S	05/80	-50	-70	-38	-139	112	82	-14.5
TS-430	03/84		-51	-31	-137	N.L.	90	-2.75
TS-440	12/86	-65	-43	-28	-139	111	89	-6.5
TS-450S	04/92	-50	-50	-35	-138	108 	70 	-35 	(Note 3)
TS-520	05/78				-133	104	69
TS-530	03/82	-42	-68	-28	-135	112	88
TS-680	10/88	-45	-65	-32	-139.5	106.5	92	-1.5
TS-690S	04/92   -50     -50     -35     -138    108     70      -35     (Note 3)
TS-820	09/76	-45		-39	-136	114	85
TS-830	05/81	-45	-62	-32	-136	129	82	-13
TS-850S	07/91	-64	-64	-28	-141	138	108	+15.5
TS-930	01/84	-50	-50	-35	-139	N.L.	86.5	-7.8
TS-940	02/86	-54	-65	-37	-139	138	93	-0.5
TS-950	01/91	-55	-55	-42	-142	138	99	+5.5
TS950SDX12/92		<-40	-35	-137	131.5	93	+0.5

Japan Radio
JST-135	03/92	-63	-63	-30	-128	117	91	+4.5

                    Test Results of some older transcievers
                        (by Sherwood Engineering)
Drake:
TR-4c					-124	105	74

Atlas:
350-XL					-131	117	81
210/215X				-120	123	76

Heathkit:
SB-104					-123	 92	79

Ten-Tec:
Omni-B					-136	129	87
Corsair					-131	130	93


N.L. = Noise Limited
dBpep = dB below PEP output power.

Notes:
  1) When receiver values were given for preamp on/off, the preamp on
numbers were used here. (or IPO/AIP off)

  2) When values for more than one HF Amateur band are given, the
worst numbers were used.  (example:  general coverage receiver numbers
for 1.0 MHz were not considered, if a rig covers 50MHz, those numbers
were not considered.)

  3) Dynamic Range and 3rd order intercept numbers for the TS-450S and
TS-690S do not indicate performance as bad as such numbers would
usually warrant.  Although 3rd order products appeared at the MDS
level at a fairly low level, they did not increase in amplitude with
rising input signal level as rapidly as one would normally expect.
See the QST review for more details.


References:

  "Using QSTs to Choose an Old HF Rig", QST, Feb 1987.  Includes a table 
similar to the one above.

  "The Product Review Process", QST, Dec 1985. Describes the tests that 
generate the numbers in the table, and how to interpret them.