[Rover] Friend looking into FT-100 vs. IC-706

[Dan Evans, N9RLA]

I've never owned either, but when I was researching which rig to buy I
discovered a pretty even split between these two rigs.  Most Yaesu fans
prefer the ft100, while the Icom fans like the 706.

Some of the early ft100's had a lot of "bugs" that kind of gave them a bad
reputation.  But I believe that Yaesu has them pretty well sorted out now.

Personally, I kind of like the looks of the display on the FT100.

73
Dan
Dan Evans N9RLA
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jacob Tennant" <k8jwt@ntelos.net>
To: <rover@mailman.qth.net>; <vhf@w6yx.Stanford.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2002 8:14 PM
Subject: [Rover] Friend looking into FT-100 vs. IC-706


> A friend of mine asked me today which radio is better/prefered by the "VHF
> crowd" for mobile/rover operations as well as VHF contesting and since I
do
> not own either one I said I would ask the "VHF crowd" for a responce.
>
> I know this is going to be a mess but I promised to ask...
>
> He is looking at mounting this radio in his Chevy Suburban for day to day
> operations and some contesting either as a hilltopper or might even try
> rover if he has the time. Also going to use it for some light HF work...
>
> So ladies and gentlemen, let the responces fly!!!
>
> Thank you,
> Jake - K8JWT
>
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