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

[Tony Hwang]

Hi,
Whatever you like and are comfortable operating with, no matter what
others say or numbers on piece of paper shows. 
73,
Tony, VE6CGX

Ed Gaitley wrote:
> 
> 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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