FWIW - we had a loaner Pegasus (and now have a new one) replacing an
IC-706 as the PARC station HF rig. Our plan is to make this remotely
accessible, a task that the IC-706 wasn't going to fulfill easily (see URL
below for details). We found an excellent price on a Pegasus from a post
in this forum including a base mic and tuner. Sure beats eBay ! We did a
deal with the local club to allow them to place the IC-706 as part of
building an HF station at the County EOC.
So, though the IC-706 (and descendants) are nice, hot (literally) mobile
rigs, we find the Pegasus is VFB indeed as an HF station rig.
Cheers & 73s de Mark W4CHL Phillips MS ARC
Chapel Hill NC USA http://rtpnet.org/parc
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