[Icom] Icom and Yaesu New Generation radios

[martyp]

Hello all,


I would like to address the issue of the Icom 775 compared to the 756 Pro. 
I have had two 775 DSP's.. one with all the inrad filters and the other 
with the Icom filters. I think that the 756 Pro is superior to them, and 
every other Icom I have owned. The problem with the Pro is that there is 
too much room for the proverbial, " cockpit error ! " It takes alot of " 
working " with the Pro to make it do as you want. I am an ex-contester and 
was highly impressed on the Pro with every modality except CW. I would hope 
that the Pro II would have accomplished this. The front end on the Pro is 
like a brick if used correctly. You can ask everyone of the Clipperton 
Island hams this. Oh, on the size of the trancievers.. it would be nice to 
have the Pro in a 775 size package, but I'll accept it anyway I can get it. 
I am 52, and I have a software package to control the Pro. My JAWS ( 
synthesized line reader ), tells me everything else.


In keeping with the comparison of Yaesu to Icom's new generation, I have an 
Ft-1000 Mark 5 with the inrad mod and I just don't think that the receiver 
stacks up to the Pro's. I had two 1000D's that did a much better job then 
the Mark 5. Being visually impaired, I can not give you subjective 
information, but only what I hear when I am working the radio. I will admit 
that on cw, the Mark V does a little better job... of course, this is only 
one ham's opinion and all others I'm sure are welcome. Take care and g.b.


Kind regards,
Marty, W3QK