Hi Chris
Make an opportunity to try them both if you can. I think you will
understand the difference.
A few years ago a friend and I wento to A E S in Milwaukee. Brian
had just retured and was looking for a new h f transceiver. We tried
the 756PRO and the fancy Yaesu - the PRO had it hands down for good
sound and intuitive operation. Not quite perfect, but Icom is
getting it pretty close to right.
Pat, K9JAUAt 08:35 PM 1/29/2008, you wrote:
>Hmm, this makes me wonder if I really want to spend the cash on the TS2000
>in april when I read something like that.
>
>I do like contesting, and I like the idea of working on six meters and two
>meters sideband and cw. I'd rather have the added seventy cm band as well,
>but if the recieve is that much better on the Icom, then I might just
>sacrafice some accessibility and one band for better performance overall and
>even a lower price tag.
>
>Chris, w8cjs
>Check out my web site,
>http://mysite.verizon.net/w8cjs
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2008 9:19 PM
>Subject: Re: 746PRO
>
>
> > Hi Pat.
> >
> > I've never had an Icom IC746Pro, but I can absolutely echo your comments
> > on
> > the TS2000S. Were it not for the accessibility aspects of the radio, I
> > would have given up on it because of the receiver shortcomings probably at
> > least a year ago. I'm getting kind of concerned that Kenwood doesn't seem
> > to really be doing much of anything with weak signal VHF/UHf or with high
> > end HF transceiver design, which is starting to make me wonder if ayear or
> > three down the road they will just up and announce that they are getting
> > out of ham radio, or at least confining their work to 2 meter and 70 cm
> > mobiles and portables. Much as I dislike Yaesu, I find that there is a
> > lot
> > more innovation coming out of Icom and Yaesu than I see coming out of
> > Kenwood, particularly with respect to HF. Really, the only kind of recent
> > product for Kenwood outside of VHF/UHF FM has been the TS480 series
> > radios.
> >
> > Maybe it is just me, but I feel that Kenwood had some truly great pieces
> > of
> > equipment in days gone by, and they are falling way short of the
> > performance they used to design into their stuff.
> >
> > 73, de Lou K2LKK
> >
> >
> >
> > At 07:37 PM 1/27/2008 -0600, you wrote:
> >>Hi Keith,
> >>I have been busy and unable to respond to your question. I had a
> >>TS2000 which I have replaced with a 746PRO. I agree with all that
> >>has been said. The PRO is less accessible than the 2000 - on its
> >>side, the Icom has what Icom calls triple register stacking - each
> >>band allows three keystrokes when you switch to it. So, you can
> >>configure a 75 meter SSB setting, a CW setting and perhaps an AM
> >>setting. Then you could "tab" through those settings and reach the
> >>desired mode or filter setting you would prefer. The preset
> >>arrangement makes the receiver a bit easier to use. And the filter
> >>settings are actually not hard to use. As several people have said,
> >>many of the menu items can be set and mainly forgotten so a bit of
> >>initial help would be of benefit.
> >>Bottom line, however is that the receiver, in my opinion is far and
> >>away better than the Kenwood. What troubled me about the Kenwood was
> >>that the receiver had a rushy, watery synthesizer sound which is
> >>absolutely missing on the Icom, whose receiver really performs.
> >>Hope this doesn't muddy your decision making!!
> >>Pat, K9JAu At 03:10 AM 1/26/2008, you wrote:
> >> >Hello,
> >> >
> >> > I'd like to hear from anyone who has a 746PRO. How do you like it,
> >> >and how accessible are the various functions?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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> > Louis Kim Kline
> > A.R.S. K2LKK
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