Hi Gary,

I have a 746 Pro and the 480 and love them both.  I use the Pro in the shack 
and the 480 for portable and field operations.  They are both excellent 
rigs.  The 480 is the tops for accessibility by a blind ham but I feel the 
746 Pro has a little quieter receiver and is every bit as selective.  Also, 
the 746 Pro has a manual notch on it and the DSP noise reduction is 
excellent.  I feel the receivers in either are superior to the 2000.

I hope that is of some help.  If you want to ask me specifics, please feel 
free to do that either on or off list.

Good luck and very 73.
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Kevin :)
Amateur Radio:  K7RX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Lee" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 19:42
Subject: thinking of changing rigs


>I am thinking of changing rigs from my ts2000.
>
> Candidates are
> icom 746 pro
> icom 756 pro
> kenwood ts480
>
> I would like to hear from anyone who has actually operated these rigs to
> get a feel for their performance and useability.
>
> I don't need anything over 100 wattts, in fact, any other rig suggestions
> are welcome.
> I'm mostly looking for better selectivity and sensitivity than I seem to
> get with the 2000.
>
> Thanks for any light you can shed on this.
> 73