[Icom] Icom 781 vs Icom 756PRO II

Fri, 11 Jul 2003 19:43:59 -0400

If you take the basic receiver and transmitter specs from the QST reviews, I
would vote for the 781.

John N1JM

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Behalf Of Siu Johnny
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 7:05 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Icom] Icom 781 vs Icom 756PRO II

Hi Charlie,

Adam in his webpage www.qsl.net/icom gives detailed comments on IC781, IC756
and IC756pro2.  A simple A/B comparison between IC781 and IC756pro2
indicates that IC781 is behind pro2 in every aspects.  Although IC781 was
once a flag ship of ICOM, technology is moving so fast that it is now far
behind.

My comments are given based on real life comparison because one of my
friends owned six IC781s.  Eventually, he sold all of them and replaced with
IC756pro2.

My personal comment (in fact personal experience) is 'forget about IC781 and
go for pro2'.  The extra power from IC781 can be gained back from an ICPW-1.

73

Johnny VR2XMC
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: W0YG Charlie Summers
  To: Icom Reflector
  Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 12:06 AM
  Subject: [Icom] Icom 781 vs Icom 756PRO II

  Has anyone really done an on line real time A/B test under a variety of
  conditions for these two radios?  Is so, how does the 756 PRO II stack up?
  Please no anecdotes on I got a S9 plus 20 report in India, I am looking
for
  some real info with A/B type scenario.

  73,

  Charlie, W0YG..>>

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