I know people who've got $650-700 for theirs but as long as it serves my
purpose, I'll hang on to it. Successfully selling them is heavily dependent
on where you list it, how you list it, and if it's like new, as mine still
is by some miracle being a go kit radio, pictures help the cause. I still
have the box and separation kit which is all still in it's boxes. I'll keep
my 706 for now though, with the holidays coming up and 2 repeater projects
ready to go at a moment's notice, I don't want to spend the price difference
between it and the 7000 right now. It's not worth it for use 3 to 4 times a
year anyway.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 1:33 AM
Subject: Re: Comparing Icoms
> Good luck with that.
>
> I tried to sell mine and got very little interest. About the time that
> one
> of my friends said that he sold his for $400, I decided to just keep it
> for
> a spare.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 12:18 PM 10/31/2008 -0400, you wrote:
>>Honestly, if I used my 706 more than 3 or 4 times a year at special event
>>stations and vacation, I'd upgrade to the 7000, I just can't see the
>>reason
>>to when I only use it that much but for what you're doing it probably is
>>the
>>better choice. Not to mention when I got my 706, it was about $200 cheaper
>>than it is now and the 7000 wasn't even thought of. I could probably sell
>>my
>>706 for what I paid for it if I tried but, it serves it's purpose for now.
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 12:56 PM
>>Subject: Comparing Icoms
>>
>>
>> >I was going to buy the Icom 706 from Ham Radio Outlet here in Denver,
>> >along
>> > with a number of other things, antennas and the like, and so I talked
>> > with
>> > a
>> > guy, faxed in my long list of add on CW filters, narrow SSB filters,
>> > voice
>> > card for the 706 and the like, and the guy at the store called me back
>> > to
>> > ask me some questions. He told me that the 706 will only handle two
>> > filters
>> > of your choice but the 7000 had all filters built in including the
>> > speech
>> > card. Plus, if you go to the Icom America sight and read about both
>> > rigs,
>> > you will see that the 7000 is a far superior receiver with filtering up
>> > the
>> > ying yang. Furthermore, the 7000, purchased in the store at HRO, is
>> > 1300
>> > dollars. The 706, with my extra filters, was going to cost me 1,350
>> > dollars. Plus, Icom is giving a 50 dollar rebate on the HF radios
>> > right
>> > now. So, I emailed John, who builds the QSYers, and he confirmed he
>> > could
>> > wire the QSYer keypad for the 7000 and strongly recommended I get the
>> > 7000
>> > instead. The Digital Signal Processing, adjustable crystal filtering,
>> > not
>> > to mention the noise blanking capability, reads like a Star Wars movie.
>> > Anyhow, if you are going to spend 1300 dollars on a new radio, it is
>> > the
>> > better deal when you read all the filtering capability that is built
>> > in.
>> > Plus, I am a big shortwave listener, love hunting for beacons, love
>> > tuning
>> > the low wave bands below 500 KHz, and I have, my whole life, just
>> > about,
>> > been a big timer A M broadcast band listener for DX. The 7000 is the
>> > CW
>> > operators dream beyond the imagination, but all
>> > that filtering for broadcast listening and shortwave listening is
>> > beyond
>> > anything I can imagine. I never even looked at the IC 7000 because I
>> > figured it was one of those 7000 dollar radios, with that big model
>> > number,
>> > or at least 2 grand, which I couldn't afford at the moment, but I'm
>> > glad
>> > this salesman told me, plus I've heard others talk about the 7000 on
>> > this
>> > list. The DSP description alone blows me away and I already have that
>> > in
>> > my
>> > Icom R75 receiver but have never felt it was worth bothering with after
>> > hours of trying it. I hate learning new stuff, on the other hand, but
>> > this
>> > will be worth it. It took me long enough just getting used to using
>> > and
>> > tuning the R75 receiver but I also noticed the 7000 runs 35 watts on 70
>> > centimeters instead of 20 with the 706. No, that isn't any big deal
>> > but
>> > it
>> > is just one more improvement. I like the recording ability, too, for
>> > contesting, calling CQ, or whatever you wish to record plus other
>> > incoming
>> > recording capability. Anyhow, I just typed in a google search for the
>> > IC-7000 and found the full description, of course, on Icom America's
>> > site
>> > and the features list alone read like science fiction. And to think I
>> > was
>> > in hog Heaven, as a novice 42 years ago, with a DX20 running 10 watts
>> > output, a 100 foot long wire and no tuner, and a BC 348 receiver with a
>> > 2
>> > KHz crystal filter that didn't filter anything out. Just thought some
>> > of
>> > this might be of interest. I'll report more once the antennas are on
>> > the
>> > tower, the amp is up and running, and the bands are opened, which could
>> > be
>> > 11 years from now the way things are going. Besides, it may take me
>> > that
>> > long just to learn how to switch this radio on. I hope I don't forget
>> > the
>> > code before I learn how to use the radio.
>> >
>> > Phil.
>> > K0NX
>>
>>
>>
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