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| Reviews Summary for Industrial Communication Engineers, Ltd. Bandpass and Wideband |
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Reviews: 1
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Average rating: 5.0/5
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MSRP: $48 to 54
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Description: Receive only Preamplifiers, for the lower ham bands, and wide band preamplifiers for general receive applications.
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N6NKN
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Rating: 5/5
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May 24, 2007 21:18
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Worth The Wait
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Recently ordered and received ICE's Model 124B and 130B preamplifiers. The 124B is a bandpass preamplifier covering 3.5 to 4 Mhz. The 130B is a wideband preamplifier covering .1 to 30 Mhz. Both come in identical chassis with a power LED, a bypass switch and a gain/attenuation potentiometer. Input and output are by RCA jacks, and a ground terminal and a DC power jack, requiring 12 to 15 volts are on the rear of the 4" x 4" x 1" chassis. Both perform as expected giving approximately 20db of gain or complete attenuation. I'm using the 80M preamp with my shortened beverage , and its totally variable gain/attenuation has proven to be very helpful when trying to pull out the weak ones. I'm using it as the receive antenna on the receive only input of my Icom Pro III. I'm using the wideband preamp on the 40M band, and also for SWLing. It also performs as specified.
My only caution is to be patient when ordering from the factory. My preamps took approximately 6 weeks to arrive. But they appear to be very well designed and perform as advertised. IMHO its hard to find a good vendor for receive preamps, so for me the wait was worth it.
I have placed another order with ICE. This time I will be more patient.
If you are looking for good quality receive preamplifiers and other similiar products of value to hams, I suggest you give Industrial Communications Engineers a try. I'm glad I did.
Rick N6NKN
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