[Yaesu] Icom 706MKIIG vs Yaesu FT450 vs Venerable Old FT-757GX

[Mike KL6M]

Hi Gerry

A pleasure indeed to read your message.  I bought a FT-757GX/AT-757/HD-757
combo at the Gaithersburg hamfest in 1983.  My first Yaesu, definitely not
my last, but I still have the rig and have used it thousands of hours.

Amazing.  It still ranks high among my best radios.  I only wish the
quality standards with newer radios would have gone up at the same rate as
the prices.  So far, my new FT-857 is hanging in there, not too bad.

Thanks

Mike, KL6M      http://www.qsl.net/kl6m   BP51dc

> Hello  John and Fellow Yaesu Users
> I just had experience with the FT-450 for a few minutes when I was over
> helping a friend set up his new FT-450 for PSK and RTTY. The FT-450
> seemed really quiet compared to the IC-706MKIIG. I have had 8 years
> experience with my IC-706MKIIG rig. That rigs is an example of a
> Receiver that has too much Sensitivity. It is noisy and has poor Signal
> Handling when you use it on a Beam or Loop Skywire antenna even if you
> keep the preamp off. I leave the Preamp off on all my HF radios that
> have Preamps on them they lead to a noisy Receiver and poor IMD
> characteristics. The Preamps are designed to make up for poor antennas
> like the inefficient antennas when you go mobile on HF or are in a
> Covenant Deed restricted District were you need to use "Stealth
> Antennas".  I have a Venerable old Yaesu FT-757GX sitting next to my
> IC-706G and I find my 24 year old FT-757GX blows the doors off the MKIIG
> for a quiet Receiver and the Full QSK on the Icom is a Joke compared to
> the smooth QSK the FT-757GX has. You use both with Preamp Off and Fast
> AGC. The FT-757 has whisper quiet QSK and the QSK on the IC-706MKIIG
> sounds like Grand Central Station with its relay's noise. The FT-757GX
> is a pleasure to use on CW contesting in the ARRL DX Contest several
> times I heard myself as part of the Pile-up and what a  great surprise
> the DX station came back to me from the pileup. FT-757GX's Shift and
> Width does a great job digging the desired station out of the Dog Pile!
> The FT-757GX came standard with a Narrow CW Filter the IC-706G the CW
> filter was a costly $200.00 option to add. I hope that give more
> substance the this dual I made a Trio. I use the FT-757GX the most of all
> my radios including a pair of IC-751A's in my shack. Happy 25th Birthday
> to the Great Old FT-757GX. It was first advertised in Canada in the June
> 1983
> issue of TCA. The FT-757GX I believe the next Legendary Rig after Yaesu's
> Famous
> FT-101 Series.
> 73
> Gerry VE7BGP
>
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