[Icom] Icom 781 vs Icom 756PRO II

[W0YG Charlie Summers]

After receiving a number of comments on the IC-781 vs the IC-756 PRO II, I
suspicion that the learning curve on the 756 PRO II is quite steep and
unless one is thoroughly familiar with this radio, a fair comparison is hard
to come by.  Let me give you an example.

I have a friend who went by HRO and told me he played with the radio for an
hour and didn't like it (the 756 PRO II).  My comment was did you change
filters, etc.  He said no that the store had them all set up and all he did
was switch from SSB to CW and play around.  This is not a proper session
with the 756 PRO II in my opinion.  His comments don't register on my scale
of relevant recommendations for sure.

I am not sure what it takes to properly evaluate this competition.
Certainly the ARRL web site doesn't do what I think is a proper real world
test as their two tone receiver TOI reports indicate they use points 20 and
50 kHz away from your listening frequency.  This isn't a real world test.
Give me one with 2 Hz separation and then I will believe it.  Some of these
tests are on Adam's web site and on W5YR's web and they are certainly more
favorable for the 756 PRO II than what many report including the ARRL lab.

The Icom 781 is a fantastic rig, the best in my book.  If the PRO II can
beat it, well that says a heck of a lot!

73,

Charlie, W0YG..>>