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Dave Oldridge · July 26th 06, 10:28 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

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Has anyone purchased a recent ICOM 746PRO radio, and had any
problems? I would like to buy one soon, but there seemed to be alot
of problems in the early models. I was just wondering how the newer
models were holding up.

A friend of mine locally here tried one. In contest operations it made far
too much phase noise over a fairly wide chunk of band, making it a bad
actor when other contest stations are operating within a mile or so.

He replaced it with a 756Pro and, having used that radio, I would have to
say it is probably the 2nd best receiver I've ever had my hands on in more
than 40 years of commercial and amateur radio operation (the winner being a
$20k Hagenuk).

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Dave Oldridge+
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