[Icom] Decision time and request for advice (long)

Tue, 30 Apr 2002 18:52:17 -0400

I have a PROII and a MarkV. I find that 80% of the time I use the PROII.
It's just easier to use and the band scope is addictive. Probably the Mark V
is better for the hard core contester and on paper has better receiver
specs. But for general use the PROII has it beat.

John N1JM

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Ed Gaitley
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 2:49 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Icom] Decision time and request for advice (long)

Fellow listers,

I'm getting ready to purchase my very first HF radio and I'm
looking for some advice.  This is a big decision for me and it
involves a big chunk of hard-earned cash.

So far, I've narrowed my choice to the either the new 756ProII
or the the Yaesu FT-1000MP MkV. After spending many hours over
the past several weekends at the local ham store using, comparing,
playing with, and listening to both radios, my decision is to
go with the 756ProII. It wins over the Yaesu hands down. I won't
get into all the reasons why I
chose it but I just like the ProII all around. It seems to be
an evolution in HF radio design. Sure, it doesn't put out 200
watts or have a 75watt Class A transmitter like the FT-1000MP
MkV does but I can live with that. I live in an apartment and
also very near some power lines so I want the most modern and
best DSP and noise management capabilities that I can get.

For Icom owners in general and any 756Pro or ProII users specifically,
have you had any serious quality problems with your radios? If
so, how has the Icom service been? Are you still glad you bought
the radio?  Any concerns, problems or issues I should be aware
of? I haven't found any seriously negative press on this radio
so far so that's good news to me. Of course it's still fairly
new radio too.

I plan to go buy the radio this weekend but it will be a few
weeks until I'm on the air because I have to get an antenna mast
holder made for my apartment balcony. I plan on using a *ham
stick" dipole on a telescoping mast. The antenna has to be put
up before each use taken down when I'm not on the air to avoid
the wrath of the apartment manager (my lease says absolutely
no antennas of any kind so I have to operate in stealth mode
- when I put up a DirecTV dish, I got an eviction notice - yes
I know I should move but that can't happen until next year).

Thanks in advance for any comments or help.

73,

Ed, N6EG

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