Hmm, this makes me wonder if I really want to spend the cash on the TS2000 
in april when I read something like that.

I do like contesting, and I like the idea of working on six meters and two 
meters sideband and cw.  I'd rather have the added seventy cm band as well, 
but if the recieve is that much better on the Icom, then I might just 
sacrafice some accessibility and one band for better performance overall and 
even a lower price tag.

Chris, w8cjs
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http://mysite.verizon.net/w8cjs
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: 746PRO


> Hi Pat.
>
> I've never had an Icom IC746Pro, but I can absolutely echo your comments 
> on
> the TS2000S.  Were it not for the accessibility aspects of the radio, I
> would have given up on it because of the receiver shortcomings probably at
> least a year ago.  I'm getting kind of concerned that Kenwood doesn't seem
> to really be doing much of anything with weak signal VHF/UHf or with high
> end HF transceiver design, which is starting to make me wonder if ayear or
> three down the road they will just up and announce that they are getting
> out of ham radio, or at least confining their work to 2 meter and 70 cm
> mobiles and portables.  Much as I dislike Yaesu, I find that there is a 
> lot
> more innovation coming out of Icom and Yaesu than I see coming out of
> Kenwood, particularly with respect to HF.  Really, the only kind of recent
> product for Kenwood outside of VHF/UHF FM has been the TS480 series 
> radios.
>
> Maybe it is just me, but I feel that Kenwood had some truly great pieces 
> of
> equipment in days gone by, and they are falling way short of the
> performance they used to design into their stuff.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 07:37 PM 1/27/2008 -0600, you wrote:
>>Hi Keith,
>>I have been busy and unable to respond to your question.  I had a
>>TS2000 which I have replaced with a 746PRO.  I agree with all that
>>has been said.  The PRO is less accessible than the 2000 - on its
>>side, the Icom has what Icom calls triple register stacking - each
>>band allows three keystrokes when you switch to it.  So, you can
>>configure a 75 meter SSB setting, a CW setting and perhaps an AM
>>setting.  Then you could "tab" through those settings and reach the
>>desired mode or filter setting you would prefer.  The preset
>>arrangement makes the receiver a bit easier to use.  And the filter
>>settings are actually not hard to use.  As several people have said,
>>many of the menu items can be set and mainly forgotten so a bit of
>>initial help would be of benefit.
>>Bottom line, however is that the receiver, in my opinion is far and
>>away better than the Kenwood.  What troubled me about the Kenwood was
>>that the receiver had a rushy, watery synthesizer sound which is
>>absolutely missing on the Icom, whose receiver really performs.
>>Hope this doesn't muddy your decision making!!
>>Pat, K9JAu At 03:10 AM 1/26/2008, you wrote:
>> >Hello,
>> >
>> >     I'd like to hear from anyone who has a 746PRO.  How do you like it,
>> >and how accessible are the various functions?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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