- #Icom 756 pro ii specifications update
- #Icom 756 pro ii specifications pro
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Only different as the small pots on the 7600 dissapears when pushed in ! Great!
#Icom 756 pro ii specifications series
The RF power is adjusted on a small pot lower left hand, just as on all 746/756 series radios. I canĀ“t see any significant difference anywhere? How anyone can find the layout (?) and buttons (?) any worse or located wrong compared to the 756:s is a mystery. Ok, I like the 756pro-series, but they are all outdated by the 7600 in every aspect. It has been great fun to have all of these side by side in my shack to do some real A/B testing compared to the 7600. I have also owned several 746/756pro, 756pro II, proIII and combos like the IC-70 during these 7 years.
#Icom 756 pro ii specifications update
The FW update is easy to apply on your rig, just follow the simple instructions. In the updated FW you also get a ring-free CW filtering! With the upgraded firmware you even get the waterfall on screen, a great tool when contesting or chasing DX. I have used this radio over 7 years now, and IMHO it is a winner in all aspects. It's a great rig and you should grab one when deeply discounted before it's discontinued due to release the new IC-7610. But there are no overheating issues with the rig on transmit and the fan is not to noisy when it kicks in. If I had one criticism it would be the ventilation fan that turns on sometimes even on receive. The rig is also great as an SWL'ng receiver with excellent performance on HF and MF band but falls short on LF without a preselector in front of it like a Grove TUN 3/4. I use the Heil iCM and HM-12 microphones on it. On transmit it produces very high quality audio that get's lot's of compliments. But for day to day operations the receiver is top notch. It also falls a little short of the Kenwood TS-590/SG and Elecraft K3(S). But it does not beat out the newer designed but since discontinued IC-7410. It has excellent characteristics as far as 2 kHz spacing IMD, better than any other Icom rig I've ever owned, which includes a IC-718, IC-751A, IC-746 Pro, IC-756 Pro/2/3 and IC-7300. The menu system itself is pretty simple and understandable. The main knobs and buttons are their on the front panel for easy access, which means no deep menu searching. The rig is very well built, the main knobs and buttons are well laid out, it's called ergonomics. I purchased two Icom IC-7600's new before the IC-7610 came out. I won't be parting with my IC-7600 in lieu of the new IC-7610 but am looking to buy a second IC-7600 with v2 firmware. Basically I compared weak RTTY signal within 2 kHz of a strong one. What I did was to pit the receivers against each other during a couple of RTTY contests to see how well the rigs compared on close in IMD. But the Kenwood TS-590SG beats the IC-7600 by approximately 3 db.
#Icom 756 pro ii specifications pro
In doing receive comparisons with other rigs like the IC-756 Pro 3 and IC-7410, the IC-7600 beats the Pro 3 by approximately 3 db and it is tied with the IC-7410. I've used it on SSB, CW and numerous digital modes. It's a very versatile rig with great transmit audio and a very good receiver. I bought one of the last new Icom IC-7600's back in November 2017 with v2 firmware. If you have litte money, get the Icom7300.if you don't mind the 7600 has a worse waterfall, you definitly want the 7600 as it's simply better. These hybrid tranceivers have the best of all worlds. Pure SDR's are not better, sorry they are not.
Only TS-990 and Icom 7610 can probably top this. Modulation-settings are easy en give you a great audio. The filters are superb, the ATU tunes almost anything. I has just 1 problem, you can't monitor 2 frequecies with different modulations, that is really silly. I compared it to my friends TS-890 and it's on pair. Waterfall is a bit messy to read, but that is not a biggy. Waterfall and loads of options the 7300 lacks. What a great rig is this! It has everything the TS-590 has and more. Then an 7600 was offered and I bought it. However I was missing a lot of options the TS-590 did have.
I used to have an Kenwood TS-590 and switched to Icom7300 because of the waterfall.
Still better then a lot of modern rigs like the 7300.