[Icom] Blasphemy

Sat, 24 Apr 2004 06:37:20 -0400

Hi, Adam....Actually, I loved my FT767GX <> FL7000 combo for over 12 years
also. Excellent operation, though the FL7000 "protection" circuitry was
quite sensitive. Yaesu makes a great rig... the sinking boat thing was just
a little joke ;-)

73, and good DX with that Quadra.... Jerry K3BZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Farson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2004 2:20 AM
Subject: RE: [Icom] Blasphemy

> Hi Jerry,
>
> In defence of Yaesu...
>
> My 5 1/2-year-old Quadra is very happy with its IC-756Pro II exciter. Both
> have been running flawlessly since I acquired them.
>
> The only PM the Quadra has undergone is a cleaning with a computer vac
every
> couple of years, to remove accumulated dust and dog-hair. (Not products of
> tobacco consumption; nobody smokes in my house or garden.)
>
> Cheers for now, 73,
> Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> Behalf Of J. Keller
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 14:23
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Icom] Blasphemy
>
>
> The first thought that popped into my head was that putting in an FT rig
> might be good if you were planning on scuttling the boat... but I'm too
> polite to ever say anything like that out loud...;-)   73, Jerry K3BZ
> (ex-FoxTango owner now extremely happy with 756ProII + PW-1)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Crawford" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 3:48 PM
> Subject: [Icom] Blasphemy
>
>
> > While I consider myself to be a die hard ICOM guy, I am wondering if I
> > should be considering one of the Fox Tango units for the following
> > situation:
> >
> > I would like to put a small rig on my sailboat this summer. I have been
> > thinking this would be the IC-706. Has anyone compared any of the small
FT
> > units against the 706?
> >
> > Any thoughts would be appreciated - JUST DON'T KICK ME OUT... PLEASE!
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > Tom, W3TMC
> >
> >
> >
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