[Icom] IC-746PRO vs IC-756PRO

[Wayne]

On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 07:38:42 +0800, Siu Johnny <jcpsiu@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Wayne,
>
> I would be grateful if you could elaborate further about the short 
> comings
> of IC756 original.  I shall be pleased to learn about it.
>
> 73
>
> Johnny VR2XMC

Johnny -

I believe we have gone over this before where I itemized a number of points 
- at least 6 - where the original 756 did not meet its implied superiority 
as marketed by Icom. It wasn't a terrible radio by any means - just 
terribly disappointing.

All Icom had to do.... was put a bandscope on a 751A or 765 and I would of 
been happy, but instead they pushed an unfinished radio out the door with a 
lousy noise blanker, inferior AM selectivity and tuning rate, edits in the 
filter selection, crackly DSP NR and no IF Notch. None of these issues 
should be present in a radio in this price class.

Since the radio is no longer marketed, I really don't see much point in 
arguing the merits or lack thereof. I consider the IC756 has one of the 
worst Icoms I have ever known. Certainly at the time, it offered 
considerable "bells and whistles", but not much meat.





Wayne