[Icom] Icom 756 Pro versus Icom 746 Pro
Jim Shaw
[email protected]
Mon, 8 Jul 2002 14:01:28 -0700
Michael
I just acquired a 756ProII. After only three weeks, I find myself very
dependent on the scope. It really helps me find stations up/dn frequency
that I would have missed by just 'tuning across the band'. Especially like
the fact you can 'hold' the scope display and then tune to a station that
'spiked up' and now is temporarily not transmitting. Should be real helpful
in contests, pileups, etc.
Don't know how well the 746PRO noise reducer works, but I really depend on
the 'noise reduction' feature in the 756PROII. First time I've had a rig
where this truly works well. Got a big power line in the neighborhood and
the local utility (PG&E) is in bankruptcy so they are unresponsive to calls
asking them to clean up the noise.
Since I upgraded from a 15 year old IC-751A, I have found many, many other
features to be 'top of the line' compared to the 751A. But the above two
are real big deals to me that I didn't have in the 751A.
73 de Jim [email protected]
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Michael Morgan
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 12:18 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Icom] Icom 756 Pro versus Icom 746 Pro
I was about to order me a new rig. I was trying to decide what to get
and I pretty much narrowed it down to the two above. I noticed there is
still several dealers advertising the 756 Pro. Since the advertised
price of them and for the 746 Pro is about the same which one do you
think I would be better off with. The ability to do 2 meters is no be
deal with me nor is the ability to have Dual Watch. I like the fact of
the 756 have the band scope but I have never had it so I am not stuck on
that. I believe the 746 has the different filter shapes where as the
756 doesn't. What is everyone's thoughts. Has anyone done any side by
side testing on the two?
73's
Michael, AA5SH
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