[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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>>>
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