[1000mp] IC-756Pro II Transmitter Issues

[Art Searle, W2NRA]

Hi WE1X,

Another of my silly questions:  Are you sure you have the filters in the
right slots?

73,

Art
W2NRA


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <htankin at comcast.net>
To: "All about Yaesu 1000mp" <1000mp at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [1000mp] IC-756Pro II Transmitter Issues


> Having owned multiple Icom radios including a 756 Pro in the shack sitting
beside my newly acquired Mark V Field, all I can say Dave is, "Amen!".
>
> I have found the Mark V to have (a) a difficult learning curve, (b)
somewhat convuluted protocols for executing simple functions.
>
> However, my current qwest is to figure out why I'm not able to get the SSB
stock and optional filter settings (NOR and NAR1) to work correctly using
the menus...sounds like CW filters are engaged instead of the SSB.  Not even
Yaesu tech support (including Chip) has been able to help.
>
> Hence, yes both are nice radios and hopefully I will overcome my Mark V
learning curve...but the 756 Pro is a joy to use.
>
> Harry WE1X
>
>
> > There's both a Icom 756 Pro II and a Yaesu 1000mp Mark 5 in my shack and
> > both are fine radios.
> >
> > I used the FT-101-ee & zd series in years past. More recently I've used
the
> > IC-746, IC-775, IC-756 Pro and now the IC-756 Pro II with no problems.
All
> > have served me well.
> >
> > I find the Mark 5 to be a complex radio requiring a lengthy learning
curve
> > while the Icom's tend to be more intuitive. What disturbs me most is the
> > inordinate number of mods that the Mark 5 requires to correct
deficiencies
> > as reported on this reflector. Had I known of those costs in addition to
> > the cost of filters, I might have held onto my IC-775.
> >
> > 73, Dave A. - K4QT - Florida
> >
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