so you'd be a good candidate for the ft101EE full station?
The one that when all lined up takes up around 8 feet of desk space
including a few stacked components?
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: HF rigs was LDG TW-1
> I like to have the biggest radio I can squeeze in over here, I just like
big
> radios, always have even in my CB days, I went for the biggest good radios
I
> could find and fit. I agree, I actually heard some one A/B a IC 746 pro
and
> 7000 and they sounded identical. I think the 756pro series all sound a
> little different but not bad. I do think the TS-2000 sounds better but the
> icoms are getting close.I've used an icom 756 the original and I thought
> the receive audio sounded real muddy but I don't know what filtering was
> turned on or anything, I didn't care for that audio but it was at an event
> for 1 of the clubs, it wasn't my radio and I made enough changes to the
> guy's radio with out changing that on him. We weren't making any contacts
> that day so I made a few changes on that radio and straightened out that
> situation real fast. I never got the receive audio like I wanted though.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, March 16, 2007 11:43 AM
> Subject: Re: HF rigs was LDG TW-1
>
>
> > well the 746 and the 7000 sound nearly identical on air. I am guessing
> > that
> > they have very very similar audio circuits in them, if not identical.
> > They have that particular boomy audio which has the ability to cut
through
> > pile ups....I believe its a low mid boost that is built into the audio
> > circuit that does it.
> > It doesn't seem to matter what sort of microphone is being used, it
still
> > has that distinct 746/756/7000 audio to it.
> > That said, the ts2000 with a heil on it sounds like a studio quality set
> > up
> > by comparison. Yes, the icoms have a good boomy audio that cuts
through,
> > but if you use the narrow setting on the heil with the ts2000, you can
cut
> > through just as well, and on wide, it sounds like a million bucks
compared
> > to the icoms on air.
> > just my opinion.
> > I haven't played very much with the 756 or 46, just briefly with a 756
of
> > one series or other and I really didn't like the receive quality,
however,
> > that could have been a filter or band pass setting that I couldn't
adjust
> > from the front of the rig. And they're huge radios as well.
>
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