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

Tue, 30 Apr 2002 20:50:02 -0400

ed do yourself a favor and save 1200.00.grab the last 756 pro for
1850.00.you wont notice much if any difference in theese two.there are
differences but you wont notice them.so its wastefull to blow the extra
1200.00 just to say you have a proII.i bought my pro in march for 1824.00
shipped from aes.im in love with the rig.awsome!with the extra 1200.00 you
can get an ameritron al80b amp.or if you dont need an amp get that 3000 watt
ameritron antenna tuner.just my 2 cents ed.good luck and let me know what
you get bud.73

tony k2vi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Hwang" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 7:11 PM
Subject: Re: [Icom] Decision time and request for advice (long)


> 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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