John, a 746 (non pro, right?) is extremely easy to use with computer
control and a contest logging program. You don't have to buy Icom's
expesive interface. They can be had for around $40 and work fine. IMO a
contesting rig has to have computer control for 2 basic reasons.
1 you can see a station is a "dupe" and you know not to call him
2 with rig control, you don't accidentally log on the wrong band
When I look for a rig, computer control is a must. IC746, IC746 Pro and
all flavors of the 756 have computer control. I thought my 746 a decent
rig for contesting (for the money). The one major flaw mine had was SWR
foldback. At a 1.5:1 it would drop to 50 watts out.
73, Mike K9MI
John Geiger wrote:
> How does the Icom 746 do as a contesting rig? I am
> not interested in things like computer control (or
> problems with it) since I don't do that, just in basic
> contesting performance.
>
> 73s John W5TD
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