[1000mp] Comparison Mark V and ProII

David A. Minster [email protected]
Thu, 21 Mar 2002 03:21:42 +0000 

I have used CONTOUR when running pileups.  Sometimes, just sloping some of the passband allows you to pull callsigns out when the din just seems to drone on.  I used it quite a bit when I was down at V26B last CQWW.  NR settings on the other hand I have never really found a need for.

Just my two cents worth...  while up at W1AW, I had the chance to use the 756Pro vs. the Mark V side by side hearing the same pileup in the same band conditions.  My impression, very simply put, is that the Pro is a swiss army knife and the Mark V a stiletto.  Both radios are alot of fun.  For me personally, I found the Mark V more to my liking.  I have used the Mark V in VHF contests using an FTV1000 as well - again, just superb.  Able to hear things we NEVER heard on 6m - just whispers down at the noise.  We usually score pretty high in the Limited Multi category - and the Q's on 6m are due in large part to the performance of the Mark V.

If I had only one radio I could buy for all kinds of operating, I'd seriously consider the ProII.  But principally operating as a contester, it's no contest - I like the MP's and Mark V's very much.

David, NA2AA

  -----Original Message-----
  From: Paul Baldock <[email protected]>
  To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
  Date: Thursday, March 21, 2002 02:54
  Subject: RE: [1000mp] Comparison Mark V and ProII


  I've been using my MARK V for 3 months now and I like many things about it, 
  but as yet I have never found the "NR" or "CONTOUR" to improve a received 
  (weak or noisy) signal. In fact it is always more difficult to understand 
  speech with them on (in any position). Has anybody found circumstances when 
  these features help?

  Paul

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