[CQ-Contest] Icom 746 as contesting rig

[Mike Brown]

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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