Topband: Receivers

[Earl W Cunningham]

Ford, N0FP wrote:

"I respectfully must submit that your hate for the original 746 is almost
certainly unjustified."
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I have no hate for the original 746.  When I compared an original 746 and
a 746Pro side-by-side, the 746pro performed a magnitude better than the
original 746.  I merely expressed my opinion, based on that A/B test, 
that the 746Pro was a big improvement over the earlier radio.
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"....on the MKV, using the peaking filter requires pressing the button 5
times.  Turning it off requires pressing it another 3."
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Apparently this is another reason why the CW operator is better off with
the original FT-1000MP (rather than the MK V or the Field).  On the MP,
it takes only one button press to turn the EDSP CW "peaking" filter on
and off.  (No, I don't hate the MKV and Field, either!).
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"And the Twin Passband tuning of the 746 will run circles around the
shift/width controls of the MKV."
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I find the shift/width controls quite useful at times on CW on my
original MP.  I never use the twin passband tuning on my 756Pro2 on CW --
perhaps because I always use such narrow bandwidths in that mode
(therefore the twin passband tuning does nothing).
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"If your 'hate' for the orginal 746 stems from the lack of dynamic
range..."
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Again, I have no hate for the original 746.  In fact, I mentioned that
using the front panel attenuator switch on the 756Pro2 eliminates the
IMDDR3 products during CW contests when the band is full of strong
signals.  I assume the same is true for the 746.

My closest neighbor ham (W6FW - a DXer who runs a KW, including on 160m)
is over two miles away, so I've never experienced a situation where any
radio I've used suffers from lack of BDR.

73, de Earl, K6SE