I have owned both the Jupiter and the IC-746PRO and would pick the Jupiter. My
mode of operation is ssb rag chew, so can not address cw, contesting, digital
modes and etc.
The 746PRO does have digital filters on receive, like the Jupiter, and you can
change the filter shape (sharp or soft), it has treble and bass EQ control for
transmit and receive, the transmit audio is very punchy using compression
without distorting the audio, you can change the transmit bandwidth in 3 steps
from 2.8k to 2.0k. This radio has a much clearer display screen than the
Jupiter (wish TT would take a look) and it has 6 and 2 meters. I personally
would not use the free noisy (fan) power supply. You would have the transmit
failure problem to worry about.
The Jupiter/Pegasus is the quietest receiver I have ever had, have had the
FT-1000MP, TS-870, IC-746, IC-746PRO, IC-756PRO, IC-775DSP. The Jupiter is
quieter with no NR than the 756PRO is with NR turned on. You can reduce the
receive filter bandwidth and the noise just rolls off of a weak signal, on some
dsp radios (TS-870) reducing the filter width has no change on receiver noise.
For my needs I would not want the antenna tuner in the Jupiter, the Jupiter
will put out full power at 3:1 or better, so the tuner is just something else
to hassle with.
My present station is a Pegasus and a IC-756PRO. I love to try various radios,
but do not plan on ever not having a Jupiter or Pegasus.
So... this is my opinion.
Good luck, Joe N9VX
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