Hi Fred,

Please feel free to reply off list on this one but I want to ask you if, 
when you owned your 746 Pro, you used any kind of computerized control 
software and, if so, what you used?

Thanks much and very 73.
--------------------
Kevin :)
Amateur Radio:  K7RX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Olver" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 17:26
Subject: Re: ICOM 746 PRO!!!


> Brian,
>
> I have not compared them side by side, however having heard both, I think
> the kenwood does have better audio, but the 746-pro has a better receiver.
>
> Fred Olver former owner of the 746-pro and present owner of the ts2k
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "K5IN" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 4:04 PM
> Subject: Re: ICOM 746 PRO!!!
>
>
>> question,
>>
>> I hear the people comparing the ts-2000 and ic-746 but I would like to
>> know
>> if anybody has done a side by side comparison of the receivers?  Also
>> receive and xmit audio qualities of each.  I know the Kenwoods have what
>> is
>> commonly considered good audio.  I have also heard the Icom's typically
>> have
>> "compressed and or tight" audio.
>>
>> Brian, k5in.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 12:52 PM
>> Subject: Re: ICOM 746 PRO!!!
>>
>>
>>> Hi Anthony,
>>> I had a TS2000 and traded for a 746PRO.  (Involved some $$$s, also).
>>> The Icom isn't as accessible as the Kenwood.  But, many of the things
>>> that aren't acfcessible are things that you touch once and then
>>> pretty much forget.  You can adjust filter width easily and you won't
>>> hear the width spoken, but you will hear in the receiver what you
>>> have done.  Mode selection is easy and you can direct enter frequencies.
>>> My big problem with the TX2000 was, that if I didn't use it daily, I
>>> would forget what I needed to do!!  Getting old!!  nd, I tuned a 746
>>> and decided that I far preferred the transceivers' receive
>>> performance.  And I owned a TS940 for years and still own a TS850 and
>>> still really the 850.  I believe, though, that the Icom receiver,
>>> being ten years newer than the Kenwood, is a better piece of equipment.
>>> Random thoughts.
>>> Hope this helps.
>>> Pat, K9JAUAt 09:18 AM 1/26/2006, you wrote:
>>>>Hi Everyone;
>>>>
>>>>As long as I have been a ham, I've always liked ICOM equipment.
>>>>
>>>>I've been hearing a lot about the 746 PRO.
>>>>
>>>>Does anyone have it and, how accessible is it.
>>>>
>>>>On my TS2000, all I do is use my power button and mic gain an vox and
>>>>memories.
>>>>
>>>>Please let me know.
>>>>
>>>>73 De Anthony W2AJV
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