Icom IC-756 HF / 50 MHz Amateur Radio Transceiver

The IC-756, is a handsome looking rig, with a nice finish. The bottom side is also the same finish as the top side. It has a «drop lip», in the front, and flip-down legs to tilt the rig up at an angle. This unit did NOT have any rubber on the feet, so, the rig will slip easily on a smooth tabletop. A nice set of «grippy» rubber feet would really help keep this rig in place when I plugin or out the headphones or paddle keyer. KEYER plug on the front of a rig! WOW!, but it’s not a new concept, that’s the way rigs were back from the beginning of amateur radio up till about the ’50-the ’60s. It’s about time the modern manufacturers got back to it. The displays; High contrast, hi res. LCD, backlit, and «LOADED» with info. A feature I liked right away, is the fact that you can see in one look, all the frequency info you need, VFO, memories, sub recv. All in a single glance! The Spectrum Scope is highly useful, and has a wide enough span, to see if a band is active at a quick look. The lowest span could have been lower, to allow for a more critical analysis of signals. The vertical gain & sweep should have been calibrated with S-meter readings, but it’s not, this would have been even more useful. A variable refresh rate on the sweep would have been a nice feature too. The keypad is a little «tight», for those of us with big American fingers. It’s a pretty standard layout, and functions. Noise Blanker, First of all, I got to say that I found this function to be mostly «useless»...