Hello Bill,
You must have had a broken Mark V Field !!!
I have a Mark V Field and it is a great rig.
The RX is the best part of it!!
Noel, If you can find a Field buy it. You'll love it...
73, Ted K2QMF
P.S. - I have had many rigs in my time (since 1955)
so I know from what I say...
On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 20:11:49 -0700 Bill Turner <dezrat@copper.net>
writes:
> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 12:04:24 -0400, Noel wrote:
>
>
> >Hello
> >I am looking for a Mark V field....
> >I know this is not the place it but I do take the chance....in
> case....
> >Thanks
> >NOEL
>
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>
> For what it's worth, and to possibly help you avoid a big
> mistake...
>
> I had an IC-746PRO which got damaged by lightning last summer. I
> had
> used it for RTTY contesting for about two years, dozens of
> contests.
>
> I wanted to try a new rig, so I shopped around, read all the
> reviews
> and bought a Mark V Field.
>
> I have never been so disappointed in a rig in my life, mainly in
> the
> lousy receiver. I sold it after two weeks and bought the big
> brother
> to the '746, the IC-756 PRO III, which has essentially the same
> receiver plus some bells and whistles. Both the Icom rigs are
> designed
> from the ground up with RTTY in mind, not as an afterthought.
>
> Now happy as a clam.
>
> Bill, W6WRT
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