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Lloyd wrote,
>I know that accessible HF radios is a permathread here on the
>Blind-Hams list. From looking at specs, it appears to me that the
>Icom IC746-Pro would be likely to be a better CW receiver, with more
>options for adjustment of IF bandwidth, etc. Have any of you
>compared it against a 480, either for receive or for ease of
>operation or control panel clutter? I understand that the 746 Pro
>can take a speech board and speaks little more than frequency and
>S-meter readings.
I use a 746 pro at the University hospital station which is my only hf
station at the moment. I like the rig on cw and I've been checking
into cw traffic nets quite a bit with it. THis radio doesn't have a
speech board at all but I use either direct frequency entry or can
read the display if I put my nose right up to it.
Have never used a 480 so am not familiar with that rig, but like the
receiver on the 746 quite well. THe hospital is located a block off
Tulane avenue center city new orleans so you know how it must fight
with noise sources in the central business district. tHe receiver is
a real performer compared to many I've seen.
I"ve meant to get back to a brailable cheat sheet for the 746 for
thsoe who want it but been busy with other projects both business and
ham radio, but you'll find it a good rig.
73 de nf5b
Richard Webb
Electric Spider Productions
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
--- Benjamin Franklin, NOvember 1755 from the
Historical review of Pennsylvania
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