[Yaesu] Best HF rig-results

[John Geiger]

I would definitely put the FT100D about 2 classes above the 706.  I have had
both, and the FT100D does a very nice job on HF. The 706MKIIG had one of the
worst receivers I have ever seen.  Couldn't get rid of it fast enough.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rudy Marcelletti" <rudym at net-link.net>
To: "'John Geiger'" <ne0p at lcisp.com>; "'ICOM Reflector'"
<icom at mailman.qth.net>; <kenwood at mailman.qth.net>; <yaesu at mailman.qth.net>
Cc: "'James'" <w5ssg at earthlink.net>; "'R G'" <af5q at yahoo.com>; "'KE5CTY
Bob'" <rtnmi at sbcglobal.net>; "'nh6cj'" <NH6CJ at yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 8:11 PM
Subject: RE: [Yaesu] Best HF rig-results


> But if you factor in over all sales, customer satisfaction, all mode,
> convenience, band coverage, size, power, just plain coolness--the IC-706
> series wins hands down in my opinion.
>
> Then in 2nd place comes the FT-817.
>
> These radios don't have all the fancy features, rejection, studio audio,
and
> user adjustments that the others do, but they get the job done in fine
> style, and can often go and do what none of the others can.
>
> Rudy, K8SWD
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yaesu-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:yaesu-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of John Geiger
> Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 3:30 PM
> To: ICOM Reflector; kenwood at mailman.qth.net; yaesu at mailman.qth.net
> Cc: James; R G; KE5CTY Bob; nh6cj
> Subject: [Yaesu] Best HF rig-results
>
> About 10 days ago I sent out inquiries to the Icom, Kenwood, and Yaesu
> reflectors concerning the best HF rig those manufacturers had made.  The
> poll was non-scientific, and suffered from a small sample size, so it is
> completely statistically invalid.  Still, it is interesting to see what
some
> opinions were. Here are the results for each brand:
>
> Icom
> Tie between 781, 751A, 756PRO3.
>
> Kenwood
> 1. TS850
> 2. TS950SDX
> 3. TS870 and TS520
>
> Yaesu
> 1. FT1000D
> 2. FT920
> 3. FT1 and FT890
>
> Here would be my personal choice for each, excluding the IC7800 and
FTDX9000
> (as the above results also did) since they haven't been out long enough to
> evaluate:
>
> Icom-toss up between 781 and 775.  Depends on whether you value DSP or the
> bandscope more
>
> Kenwood-TS950SDX
>
> Yaesu-FT1000MP
>
> It is interesting to note that the only HF rig on eham.net's product
reviews
> with a 5.0 average rating and more than 10 reviews is the Icom 765.
>
> 73s John NE0P
>
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