If Icom would just address the PL tone problem, I'd go over to Icom in a 
heartbeat.  Asking someone else to help me set them up isn't good 
enough.  I live by myself, so asking a sighted family member to help just 
isn't an option.

73, de Lou K2LKK



At 10:06 AM 3/7/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>I would like to think most icoms aren't as hard to manage as the 706 and
>with some practice, and the speech it does have, that's a very manageable
>radio, at least for me. Maybe when I actually have the money to replace my
>HF radio I might look at the 746 or 756pro III or what ever's out at that
>time since I did like those radios when I played with them but the TS-2000
>is, for now, my number 1 choice by far. It's getting high time for me to
>replace the 570 though, if for no other reason, just to get something
>different to sit in front of every day.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 9:29 AM
>Subject: Re: thinking of changing rigs
>
>
> > Lou,
> >
> > I've always thought Icoms were way ahead of Kenwoods in the
> > sensitivity and noise department, but their lack of speech feedback
> > makes them difficult for us to use.  That was less of an issue when
> > there were more controls on the front panel, but today everything is
> > buried in menus and it makes operation tough for us.  It's just so
> > nice to be able to access everything, and that's why I bought my 480.
> >
> > Steve
> >

Louis Kim Kline
A.R.S. K2LKK
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