Hi Steve;
I know the 2000 is very verbose.
Short of lowering the volume, do you know how to silence the speech on the
2000?
73 De Anthony W2AJV
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 10:50 AM
Subject: Re: TS-480 vs. IC-746 Pro
> Lloyd,
>
> I've never used a 746 Pro, so I can't compare it with the 480. The 480
> can
> be a bit verbose at times, but it's very easy to silence by pressing the
> PF
> key on the front panel while it is speaking.
>
> While you might have more twiddle factors with the 746, you will probably
> want to consider how many of them are directly accessible from the front
> panel, and how many of them are buried in inaccessible menus, which seems
> to be a major complaint with lots of Icom gear. You can have all the
> adjustments in the world, but they're not much good if you can't get to
> them.
>
> Steve
>
> On Friday 5/20/05 23:14 Lloyd Rasmussen 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. Have you 480 users ever thought that your
>>transceiver was too verbose? I'm frustrated because my local HRO
>>store is over 30 miles from here, and they said they never stock
>>their demo radios with accessory filters, voice boards, etc.
>>
>>I still don't know when I will actually buy something new, but it
>>might be this year. My R4C really works, but I like general coverage
>>SW listening, and the FS-4 frequency synthesizer is starting to
>>become very flaky again.
>>
>>On Fri, 20 May 2005 18:00:03 -0500, Howard Kaufman wrote:
>>
>> >The ts-480 is really fun to use. I hear that objection about the face
>> >of
>> >the radio, and just for the life of me can't imagine why you would want
>> >it
>> >attached to the radio. What is old is new again.
>>
>>Some people think that the devil is in the details. Actually, God is in
>>the details.
>>Lloyd Rasmussen, Kensington, Maryland
>>home: <http://lras.home.sprynet.com/>
>>Work: <http://www.loc.gov/nls/z3986>
>
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