[Icom] On behalf of Jerry - potential PRO user

Sat, 2 Feb 2002 15:00:16 -0500

Why don't you just buy a nice FT1000D or FT1000 and put some nice N-rad
filters in it and have a really nice radio instead of buying the troubled
FT1000MP Mark what ever. The Mark series FT1000MP is just a polished up more
expensive FT1000MP which contrary to popular belief, was not a replacement
to the great and still made FT1000D. I personally did not like the Icom Pro
series of radios for HF use but do own their UHF/VHF gear and like it a lot.
A lot of Icom Pro users claim it is the best radio they have ever owned, but
I would be curious to see if they have ever owned anything but Icom HF gear.
If not that is a pretty weak statement with no offense intended. The recent
QST review bore that out. 73 and good luck with what ever you buy, just have
fun and instead of listening to other people's opinion, try and go to a ham
store and hear one for yourself in side by side comparisons if you can.
E-ham also has some good reviews under the Product review section. Steve

----- Original Message -----
From: "WA9ALS - John" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2002 1:41 PM
Subject: [Icom] On behalf of Jerry - potential PRO user

> I received the following questions from Jerry - Even if you can't
> compare directly with a 1000MP, I think Jerry would welcome more input
> than I can give him about the PROII (or PROI).
>
> So would some of you sophisticated users of the PRO line give Jerry some
> feedback to his questions to complement what I could tell him?  THANKS!
>
> Here's Jerry's post - Please reply directly to him at
> [email protected] -and- to this list if you think your comments are
> appropriate for the list.  Be sure to send directly to Jerry though,
> because I don't think he's a subscriber to this list.
> ---------------------
> Good Morning,
>
>  From what I have gathered from email, you have used both the Yaesu
> FT1000mp and the Icom 756Pro II. I have used the FT1000mp for several
> years
> now and really like it. But newer technology seems very attractive. I am
>
> going to buy either an IC756Pro II or FT1000mp Mark V in several months.
>
> Would you provide some user feedback. We both use rtty quite a lot.
>
> Is the spectrum scope useful? Can you pick out a better frequency to
> call
> CQ on during a contest, for example? How do you use it during a contest
> for
> example? Is the spectrum sweep centered on either vfo or only the main?
>
> I assume the Dual Watch is like the Dual function on the FT1000mp. But
> does
> DSP apply to the sub-band? So that unlike the FT1000mp you can get good
> filtering. Also it appears that the single tuning knob tunes both vfos.
> Is
> this controlled by the Main/Sub button? And is it convenient? Or do you
> turn the wrong vfo in the heat of battle?
>
> Are the DSP filters adequate? How do they compare to the FT1000mp? I
> have
> all available filters in the FT1000mp
>
> Would you buy the Icom IC 756ProII again?
>
> Thanks for any insight
>
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