Hi Anthony,

I just bought one of these to use on the home station.  I have placed my 
Kenwood TS-480 in use for portable and travel use.  The things that are not 
accessible by a total on the 746 Pro are the menus for initial setup and 
even those could be somewhat accessed if you took time to remember the order 
or had a cheat sheet with the various possibilities of settings and then 
made sure you started at the beginning of the list.  Also, some things like 
RX and TX EQ settings require some sighted assistance to do them fast and 
efficiently.  For the functions you mention, you would need no help at all 
if you have the synthesizer installed although if you want to independently 
set the mic gain, it would help to have either the P2000CW or the TW-1 to 
check power output to set it correctly.

I have been a strong supporter of the 480 and will continue to be but I can 
tell you without reservation that I hear things on the 746 Pro receiver that 
I never heard on the 480.  If you can get one for a good price, go for it.

Take care and very 73.
--------------------
Kevin :)
Amateur Radio:  K7RX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anthony Vece" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 07:18
Subject: ICOM 746 PRO!!!


> 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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