[Icom] 746 vs. 746Pro
Jerry Curry
[email protected]
Mon, 31 Mar 2003 13:26:12 -0900
Roy,
You are correct about the 746 DSP. It is in the last IF but is certainly
not as good as the DSP on the 746 Pro. I would consider it on par with
the 706MKIIG. No need to buy extra filters with the pro model.
Jerry
Roy Sakabu wrote:
> I thought the original 746 had its DSP at the IF level already.
> That being said, I thought it wasn't much better than the AF DSP on the
> 706/718/R-75 (excellent at auto notch, pretty mediocre on noise reduction)
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Jerry Curry [SMTP:[email protected]]
>>Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 12:33 PM
>>To: [email protected]
>>Subject: Re: [Icom] 746 vs. 746Pro
>>
>>Jeff,
>>
>>I have both a 746 and a 746 Pro. I like the pro much better. Having the
>>DSP at the IF level makes a lot of difference in the performance of the
>>radio. (my 746 will be up for sale this summer when I get time off from
>>work long enough to list it on eBay.)
>>
>>73 Jerry KL7EDK
>>
>>
>>J. Benedict wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Group:
>>>
>>>Received a mail from AES this morning and they have a bunch of Icom
>>>stuff on special. I'll copy the list to the end of this message for all
>>>
>>>to see.
>>>
>>>They have the 746 Pro on sale for 1449.99 with a PS-125 thrown in the
>>>deal. I currently have a 746 with as many filters in it as I have found
>>>
>>>useful and am wondering if anyone out there could make an informed
>>>comment vis-a-vis 746 vs. 746Pro. I know there are some features like
>>>an RTTY decoder that might be neat but not neat enough to take the loss
>>>selling the 746 and buying the 746 Pro.
>>>
>>>Any comments?
>>>
>>>AES Prices to follow.
>>>
>>>Jeff KB7AIL
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