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W3LZK
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Rating: 4/5
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Jun 21, 2009 18:36
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Solid Preformer, Wont give it up!!
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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Well here we are after 4 months with my 756Pro, I'm still gonna give it 4.75, as I said in my 2 week review (previously KI4CRA). I do like my Pro, it and my ProIII get almost daily use. My thoughts haven't changed much since my Feb.09 review. The DSP is much, much better on my ProIII than on the Pro, of course while being basically the same radio in design are vastly different in components. Now that I have been able to get some on air time with both radios, and have been able to adjust the Xmit audio for one, I often get hey you're 20 over, or my favorite, you are 15 over S-9, what rig and antenna are you using? This was from OE3DIA Ivan in Austria, when I told him I was using a 756Pro, a Mosley TA-33 classic, and a Heil ICM mic, needless to say he was suprised. He thought I was running more than just 100 watts.
This isn't all that bad a rig, I've seen and had much worse, but still made em work reasonably well. All in all, I don't think that my 756Pro will be leaving my shack, other than maybe field day or a club event, this maybe an old timer as far as the newer rigs go, but it still looks and works like new. Just some observations after 4 months, stay tuned, maybe in another 4-6 months will give another review.
73 de Mark
W3LZK
previously AI4HO
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KI4CRA
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Rating: 4/5
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Feb 24, 2009 21:06
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Sweet rig.
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Let me start off by saying I've only had this radio for 2 weeks. In all honesty this radio deserves about a 4.5-4.75, its a great radio, but not quite the rig my ProIII is. I had a Yaesu FT-920 which was filtered out had every filter I could put in it, and sold through my own stupidity. But having sold it, I needed a rig for my secondary station that I call my Lazee Boy HF station,(see my bio on qrz.com).
So needing a secondary rig, I found this gem at the Orlando ham fest 2 weeks ago. Got it for a fair and decent price, paid the man, and put the rig in my truck till it was time to shut down for the day. When I got it home cleaned it up a bit, wasn't much to clean up but some dust. Put it in its place of honor in the living room where my 920 had been only days earlier.
Found that the 756Pro is really my ProIII only without quite as many features. Yea it has the color TFT screen, has the spectrum scope, has the multi function meter like my ProIII. But whereas my ProIII has several different backgrounds to choose from the Pro has 4, the ProIII has dual time the Pro only one set time, either current local or UTC. With the ProIII I can have the scope and multifunction meter displayed, the Pro you can have both, but only one at a time will be displayed.
I do think the DSP is a bit better on my ProIII than it is on the Pro, not by a whole lot, but enough to tell the difference. Other than the mentioned differences, and some minor cosmetic changes they are almost identical radios, which is stating the obvious. I'm happy with my choice of rigs, using a Heil ICM mic I have received several unsolicited compliments on my audio, of course I've only made a couple dozen contacts with it too. Hopefully this will be in my shack for a long time to come, its nice to have 2 practically identical radios to choose from, this way there's no confusion on which button, or knob I have to push or turn. I can go from one to another, with no hassles at all, I pretty much have my settings identical on both rigs. Will report more in about 6 months to see where I stand on both rigs.
73 de Mark
AI4HO
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KA5ROW
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 13, 2009 07:22
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Good Rig
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I have owned my Icom 756 Pro for 5 months now and still learning the layout of the radio. And I like it. I do not use most of the menu buttons, but I never did on my other radios either. I was worried about the LCD screen going bad, so I contacted Icom about this known problem. They said that that was with the Icom 756 non pro models.
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K0PD
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 10, 2009 07:20
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Very Good
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Bought this used and recieved 2 days before Christmas and what a surprising wonderful gift to my self.Let start out from the get go and tell you that i've had a lot of radios over the recent yrs from a FT101,TTOmni D and C and a Paragon a Corsair 1 and2 along with a Orion 1 with the V2 upgrade.I also had a FT 950 and 450 and a 897.I've owned previously a Icom 737A and a 736 and a 729 and out of all these radios and i'm certain i've left a couple such as my FT 900 and KW180s and a 850sat and in all honestly they were all excellent radios.But when i bought the Orion 1 i thought it was easily the best of all the previous radios i had owned but to me operating it for such cases as Gen'l coverage was a pain in the butt as you had to make certain settings changes no just push a Gen'l coverage switch. The Ft 950 for what ever reason's i just could not find a acceptance to it and do wish i'd have hung on to my FT 450 as it was and still is the best bang for the buck and is a phenominal little radio.But the Icom Pro so far to me equals the Orion 1 and the 950 with just the right amount but not to many settings.The Orion's DSP is better but lacked a internal tuner unless purchased seperately.The Pro's internal Tuner works surpriseingly fast and seems to tune my antenna quite good.My recieve on it is very sensitive and my mod reports have been excellent with only using the hand mic.I love the 4 screen color choices it has and the spectrum scope that really works.In general i am very pleased with the radio and have found a keeper well with my track record i'll only say for now as the only radio i've ever kept sold and rebought has been my FT 900 so go figure.
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DL1AIW
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 21, 2008 07:00
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absolutely great rig
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I own the IC756 for about half a year now after buying a used one and have to say that it is the best transceiver I ever owned. First of all it is - compared to other rigs in this class - very intuitive allowing to use a lot of functions without being an engineer or studiyng the handbook for hours. But nevertheless if you want to use 100% of its features a look in the manual is not the last thing you should do.
A lot has been written about the scope and I was a little unsecure weather it is useful or not. -To summarize my impressions I can only say that one can work without it, but for me personally the visualization of what's happening on the band was really useful, especially in contests. Don't forget that the scope is included in the price you pay what makes this rig a bit different to others in the same class.
The receiver is excellent, the concepts of filtering the signals are outstanding, though they differ a little bit form other comparable rigs. Being an occasional lover of CW I enjoy the filters for this mode, but the greatest feature is the special RTTY-filter (together with FSK-mode). In the last CQ-WWDX contest I worked stations in the crowded European 7 MHz band that were not to identify or simply to receive with other rigs at the same antenna. If one likes RTTY than this is one of the greatest steps forward for every operator. This was a real pro for me, because working on 7 MHz during night with good antennas is a pain in central Europe unless your receiver isn't very good - and this one is!
The built in antenna-tuner is sufficient for a lot of antennas but definitely not for all, but nothing else was expected. It is able to tune antennas up to an impedance of about 150 Ohm, so it is comparable to other rigs.
The audio quality is very good, listening for hous will not torture your ears. DSP is working as it should and some exercise in using the different DSP-features will improve the quality of a lot of signals significally.
Putting things together I'm sure that this transceiver will work as my main-rig for a lot of years to come, especially during contests.
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KC2FTN
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 16, 2008 22:20
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EXCELLENT !
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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Absolutely AWESOME radio! This rig hears things that other rigs simply don't, and the DSP works great as well. The band scope and multi-function meter are great.
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W0DKM
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 25, 2007 07:01
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Sweet RIG!
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I have been using Kenwoods since 1975, Mostly SWL. I got the General ticket in 2002. So I bought a new IC746. I hated the DSP sound. Very poor receiver. Mostlikey not the norm for that rig, may have been defective? Traded back to the Kenwood 570 and 870, both great but weak in the DSP area.
The in July 2007, I wanted a new mobile. IC7000 is ordered. To me, the DSP made it my favorite Rig.
It has the Bandscope, adjustable filtering. Just Great!
OK, Now that brings me to the review for the IC756pro.
I remember thinking in 2002, I'll wait till the 756pro is around $1k and snap one up.
Thats took some time, I find one on Ebay, as NEW, looks and works Perfect, box, mike, manual. Only seldom used! You KNOW the story! $1150.00.
I gets it, Its got two problems. Lots of noise in receiver, even without a antenna hooked up. And it, way out of alignment. I didnt waste time with the seller, he had to know of the problems. And if you can sell a broken rig to another HAM. Well you aint worth my time.
OK, This is getting a bit long winded, but it makes me feel better after a good VENT!
I have always been able to twik and tune the older kenwood rig. So I open it up. Get the repair manual out. Stare in there for about a day. OK, box it up sent it to the repair shop. Gets it back.
NOW, AFTER ALL THAT. THIS IS THE BEST RADIO I HAVE EVER HAD. WORKS PERFECT. EVERYTHING WORKS AND PERFECTLY. DSP AWESOME, FILTERS AWESOME, DISPLAY AWESOME, SUPER LOW NOISE FLOOR.
I CANNOT BELIEVE THE BAND SCOPE. I WILL NEVER HAVE A RIG WITHOUT A BAND SCOPE. NEVER...
OK GO GET ONE!
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W0RH
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 22, 2007 06:51
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GREAT RADIO!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I bought the 756pro used on Ebay from W4PR in June 2005. The radio was in brand new condition and I really appreciate Stuart's honesty - it was just as he described it. It is the best radio that I have ever owned over the 37 years that I have been a ham. The only way I would ever get rid of it is to upgrade to a pro-III. Right now I see no reason to do this since the pro does everything I want it to and does it quite well. If you have the opportunity to get a good used 756pro, I would highly recommend it. You will not be disappointed.
I have used it on all modes/bands with great success. I use it mostly on CW and the digital modes and it works great on those modes. I gave it a 5 because it is a great rig for me.
The only problem I have had with the rig is to notice that when I use it on SSB with the internal tuner, the SWR seems to creep up. I'm not sure what is causing this problem, but I very rarely use it on SSB anyway so it's really not much of a problem. I can hit the tuner button when this happens and it goes right back down. The other "con" is that it does not transmit on the 5 meg ham frequencies.
73 to all
Ron - W0RH
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G4HAK
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Rating: 5/5
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Jun 25, 2007 05:41
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Best Radio fo the money!
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Time owned: months
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Remarks: After many years of operating Traditional older radios (Which I stll love!) I decided to look around for a "DSP" radio that everyone is talking about these days. I had read testimonies about the 756pro and heard them on the air and couldn't afford thousands so I saw a PRO for sale and put the boat out!Wow! Wonderful receiver..thought there was something wrong until I realised it was just a low noise floor..The Signals jump out at you! I can hear them down in the noise as well. Everything is so clearly laid out on the Colour LCD screen. Loads and loads of features but easy to use! Cant be better can it? Aquired an Heil Hmi Mic and the TX Audio is superb. Best Radio I have owned and I have had quite a few over the years. If you see one of these used then buy it. Best radio for the money on the used market I beleive! 73's Folks
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HC2SA
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Rating: 5/5
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Jun 6, 2007 20:25
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EXCELLENT RADIO TO BUY USED
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I bought this radio from a fellow ham for US$ 900, in excellent conditions, I'm satisfied with the DSP, sensitivity, and the transmited audio quality, always I received compliments for the great audio. For me the scope is an excellent tool for DX hunting . I'll be waiting for the roofing filter from INRAD. Great radio for the money, I will change this radio if I could find in the near future an IC-756ProIII for the same amount of money. HIHI.
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