[ICOM] 706MKIIg versus FT450

[Jim Miller]

Deaf radios ARE quiet.

73, Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Gates, KD3JF" <pearly732003 at yahoo.com>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, May 19, 2008 6:00 AM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] 706MKIIg versus FT450


I agree Bill.... You are beating the horse to death. I
think you are no doubt correct in allicating the 706
for mobile operation. On mine I had the 250 and 1.9
filters and had to have the attenuator on and the
pre-amp off plus the DSP at all times in the house. I
constantly had a S-8 noise plus I added a Digital
speaker. Now if you won't tell anyone I will tell you
what I did! I put 2 radios on line ... The TenTec
Triton IV and the TT Delta and noise pretty much
disappeared! Do not sell the old radios short. I am
now  using the Delta because it has WARC bands. I
recently bought a 703 Plus for qrp and the receiver is
fabulous and that is the one which should be in the
706G. 

I think your problem is you cannot bring yourself to
sell the 706!! LOL!! And, you do not have to if you
leave it in the car and the 450 in the house!

Do you have FIOS with Verizon?

Paul Gates, KD3JF
Glen Burnie, MD
--- Bill Gallagher WA3RA
<william.gallagher8 at verizon.net> wrote:

> I hate to beat a dead horse, but I have A/B'd these
> rigs in my SO2R HF mobile. The 706 is still there,
> the '450 did NOT replace the still extant FT747SX
> (with a remote front panel...ever see one of those?)
> 
> In their intended locations, using marginal
> antennas, the 706 wins hands down in practical
> circumstances. The front end is broad as a barn
> door, so filters are a must for anything beyond
> casual use. As an aside, the 706 seems to prefer the
> AH4 tuner with a 21-foot whip (AB116 x2, -117,-118
> on athe matching -77 mount) over the SGC-230 with
> the SGC whip. Brand 'Y' has sharper selectivity, but
> the 706 can work stations that the 450 can't even
> hear. I would not hesitate to use the Yaesu on a
> decent antenna system at home, and it is a fine
> transverter IF. The Yaesu DSP is quite a bit better
> than the 706, but that is more a function of the 450
> being newer, but the Icom is more intuitive and the
> less cluttered display is easier to read at a
> glance, always a consideration when mobile. To tell
> you the truth, if the 450 didn't fall in my lap. I'd
> probably have gotten an IC-7000. I'm waiting to see
> a -7200 in the wild, now...but my radio money is
> going to be scarce for a while...all three of our
> cars got hit yesterday morning; two are totals, and
> the third will take 4-6 weeks before it drives
> again. Oh, the SGC survived the hit, except for the
> rubber spring...and I'm afraid to call them to find
> what a replacement will cost...
> 
> Forget the lab figures...in the car, you won't get
> within 30dB of them...bottom line, the '706 is a
> great mobile rig; the -450 is a 'home' rig that
> wants to pretend that it's a mobile.
> 
> Oh, I use a mondo cap and inductor to filter my DC
> from the main car system, and a similar system on my
> switching supplies at home for spike protection; I
> can also switch to the secondary system, which can
> be isolated from the primary
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