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For that kind of coin, I'll buy an Icom...

Totally understand, it is a personal preference. That is one of the great things about the radio hobby, there are different ways to approach it. I have an old Superstar 3900 that I modified to modulate down to 70 Hz with a few Cap swaps... it sounds a lot more natural on the air and I use it...

The problem is, on AM, most radios start to roll the Bass off around 300Hz, so everyone sounds thin. The power mic circuits do the same thing, sure it helps the operator "Punch Through The Noise", but for general local chatting, it gets quite tiresome on the ears. I have never modified a radio...

You do know an O'Scope is a seriously good investment in this hobby, right? a 50MHz Rigol will get you were you need to be to setup all your radios correctly... 'Scopes don't lie

Got a price on the radio if you were just to sell it?

Just as a comment... you are setting the modulation up using an O'Scope to look at the output signal... right? If So, you will see which way increases modulation. As for the Optima MK III, solid radio, been running mine for a couple years now with a Japan HM-36... SSB is dead on and gets great...

I just picked up a pair of these... If you are interested, I put a writeup on my blog about it... I realize it does not have SSB, but it is actually a lot of radio in a small package. https://reverendbow.wordpress.com/2016/04/11/122/

I've never figured out why people don't hit the button/switch and jump up to USB on the 40 channels... That is like going into no man's land... As For Audio Man, I talked with him one day, I was on my HR2510 I just got back on the air, there is a "Video Gate" of it on You tube I believe...

Hammond Makes nice angled enclosures: http://www.hammondmfg.com/dwg16.htm http://www.hammondmfg.com/dwg16_CWW.htm http://www.hammondmfg.com/dwg16Steel.htm Fry's Electronics carries a few (if you have one near you) or you can probably get them from Amazon...

agreed, However, I only run 3.3kHz wide on my 718... so I am not as wide as the guys running the Kenwoods at 6kHz. But My voice doesn't produce much above 2kHz anyway, but I can get down to 40Hz, and if I i ever did have have issues getting heard, I dump everything below 500Hz to get the DX'er...

You are right, sometimes I make it Down The Road, usually at night... However, other times I only get to England, Spain, Brazil, Cook Islands, American Samoa, New Zealand, Australia, Curacao Islands, Mexico (Yucatan), Venezuela, Argentina, French Polynesia, Uruguay, Ogsawara Island, Martinique...

Post like that are why I haven't been on the Ham Bands in 5 years... My license is up for renewal next year, but I might let it expire... I think it is funny how Ham ops thing ESSB is the worst thing ever, but Contesting is OK? no thanks...

Oh, Copy all! Yeah, I am going through my ESSB Audio Rack at the moment, my tube Mic Preamp developed a 60Hz Hum, I'm thinking the filter caps are getting old... ESSB is more of an interest to me than locals on AM... it tweaks the Ham ops that thing everyone should sound like they are talking...

Joe? I haven't messed with the 655 yet, trying to decide if is worth the effort to talk to the local AM drunks.. And yes, for $200, I've gotten my money out of it, and I'm willing to bet it will last a long time

Well, besides a few tarnished Coax connectors, this thing is in great shape...

Actually, I know the guy, it was below decks, and he takes care of his stuff. He actually went for the 718 on my suggestion as the Marine radios are so expensive... Besides the fact that he only charged me $200 for it, I couldn't pass it up... Agreed. This is the first hic-cup in almost 10...

A Bit of background: I have 2 IC-718s, one in the house, one in the truck The one I use in the house was purchased new in 2002 and has never been mobile. The one in the truck was purchased new in 2006 by a friend who used it in is sailboat while cruising on the Gulf of Mexico for a few years...

Thanks, I'll plug it in, warm it up and throw it into Operate with a meter attached... We learned CRTs. Hell, I worked on A-6E Intruders, they had 2 CRTs, but no other tube components... I relearned tubes to build my own tube guitar amps...

Well, a 1.8kHz is MUCH better receiving in the Noise for DX, I will say that... I don't have a antenna setup like I ran in Houston, all I'm running these days is a 1/4 Wave Homebrewed GroundPlane at 30' AGL for 11/10 Meters Not like the 80/40/20/10 fan Inverted-V dipole I had in Houston at a...

1990-1991 NAS Millington. Would you happen to remember the Plate Voltages on these 1000P 4 tubers?