[Icom] 746 vs. 746Pro

Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:45:25 -0800

Which I think is a good reason to display a comparison between the 746Pro
and the 756Pro, not the Pro2.

Why? A used 756Pro is selling for about the same price as a new 746Pro

So:
Is the real time bandscope and dual receive worth more than the upgraded DSP
of the 746Pro
and the adjustable filter skirts; how much better is this than the TPBT,
which I thought was good enough for 90% of the conditions I've come across.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Jerry Curry [SMTP:[email protected]]
> Sent:	Monday, March 31, 2003 2:26 PM
> To:	[email protected]
> Subject:	Re: [Icom] 746 vs. 746Pro
> 
> 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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