[ICOM] thinking of getting an Icom756 Pro 2

[Paul Playford]

One of my pet peeves with Icom is their 'dual watch' vs everyone else's 
'dual receive'.

My solution is to use my 775 as radio #1 (right ear) with my PROII's ANT 2 
(left ear) connected to the 775's RX ANT spigot through a T connector.

Now during a pileup I can listen to the DX on the PROII (ANT 2, left ear) 
and tune (right ear) for the station he is working on the 775 using the same 
antenna.

I am careful to keep the PROII in the cw (no key) position any time I am 
listening on ANT 2 (connected to the 775) so I will not transmit a carrier 
into the 775 receiver.

Now I have the best of all worlds: great radios for listening and 200 watts 
available while the Alpha is going through it's 3 minute warm-up cycle.

de Paul, W8AEF

ZF2JL/ZF2TA  FO8DX/FO8PLA  8Q7AA  XZ0A  VU7RG
soon to be TX5C

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Renee" <Nee627 at bellsouth.net>
To: "Icom" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 7:46 PM
Subject: [-] [ICOM] thinking of getting an Icom756 Pro 2


> Hello all,
> I am back to pondering selling my Icom 775 DSP and getting an Icom 756 Pro 
> 2. I was wondering what the going rate on this rig is. I did a scan of 
> Ebay and did not see much of them there. Also, anyone around here 
> considering selling one? I would have to sell the 775 first but I am just 
> bouncing around some ideas in my head at the moment.
> 73,
> Renee NZ9T