The only thing i don't like about the pro 3, and this may be totally
changeable in the menus, is the fact that you have to press and hold the
lock buttont to get voice read out of the frequency.
Also, the fact that the voice chip is controlled by the volume knob which
can be a real problem when you have a high noise floor and you're trying to
hear the frequency....i found that i had to use the squelch control to get
rid of the noise floor to hear the frequency...just another couple steps
involved compared to the kenwood rigs.
Also, and this is more from an accessible design point of view, i think the
main display takes up way too much space on the front of the rig...probably
necesary for the band scope and all that...but it takes up too much room, so
that all the rest of the controls are slightly crammed and also making the
face of the radio a bit large.
Other then those the rig seems to perform extremely well...i love the
filtering options and so on as well.
73
]Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ham Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: My 40th Ham Radio Anniversary


> Wow, Walt.  Those KLM beams were a bear to assemble, though.  A million
> little parts, I think.
>
> There is a guy in our group who has owned a ton of radios.  I think he's
had
> thirteen Icom 746's, for example.  I was telling them today I can count
the
> number of HF rigs I've owned on two hands.
>
> I started with the Heath GR-91 receiver and a DX-35 65-waqtt crystal
> controlled rig.  I upgraded the receiver to a NC-300, which I kept for
> fifteen years.
>
> When I got my Conditional, I got a Viking Invader which ran about 200
watts
> PEP and 150 on CW, 50 on AM with 6146 finals.
>
> After five years, I got my Hallicrafters SR-400A and in 1976 I got a
TS-820,
> which was my fourth transmitter.
>
> In 1981 when I moved out West, I got a TS-830.  Then, in 1986, I traded
both
> of them in for an IC-751A, which I still have.  I bought another TS-820S
in
> 1989 as a backup.  Then, I bought a TS-2000, which is my current rig.  I
> think I still have a couple fingers left, so a dream rig would be a 756PRO
> III.
>
> Steve, K8SP
>