[1000mp] QST Review of IC-746PRO

[John Rippey]

Fellow Yaesu owners:

	If you want to read an outstanding example of how to turn an ordinary 
radio into a winner see Rick Lindquist's review for the May issue of QST of 
the IC-746PRO. It is posted on the ARRL's web site. Transmit two-tone IMD 
is down only -25 dB and receive stats are middle of the road. Yet the 
IC-746PRO gets a rave review, mainly for its DSP implementation, which does 
not show up in the lab's stats but gives owners plenty to play with. If the 
ham radio community (represented by ARRL) is so uncritically receptive of 
new products that are no more than ordinary, I guess we get what we deserve.

73,
John, W3ULS