Larry:
Here's what I can tell you about the Icom 710RT: it is a great rig for a
combo marine/ham rig. It is not a great ham rig because of operating
considerations. It is too difficult to track receiver and transmitter on ham
bands, there isn't enough flexibility in selectivity, etc. But the reports I
get are GREAT! I've had no trouble talking to anything I can hear.
My thoughts on SSB are, you need the simplicity of operation of the 710 or
an equivalent on the marine bands for non-radio types that may someday have
to use it in an emergency mode. You would LIKE to have the flexibility and
operational convenience of an Icom 746 or the like for hamming. You can't
have both, unfortunately, but the 710 is an all around great rig.
Russ, AD6ZL, and Donna Sherwin
M/V Four Seasons
Nordhavn 46-70
From: "Larry N. Brown" lnb@charter.net
To: "TWL" trawler-world-list@samurai.com
Subject: TWL: SSB's
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 15:39:46 -0600
I want an SSB rig for communications outside of VHF range. 90% of the time
it would be for Hamming, chatting,
Larry:
Here's what I can tell you about the Icom 710RT: it is a great rig for a
combo marine/ham rig. It is not a great ham rig because of operating
considerations. It is too difficult to track receiver and transmitter on ham
bands, there isn't enough flexibility in selectivity, etc. But the reports I
get are GREAT! I've had no trouble talking to anything I can hear.
My thoughts on SSB are, you need the simplicity of operation of the 710 or
an equivalent on the marine bands for non-radio types that may someday have
to use it in an emergency mode. You would LIKE to have the flexibility and
operational convenience of an Icom 746 or the like for hamming. You can't
have both, unfortunately, but the 710 is an all around great rig.
Russ, AD6ZL, and Donna Sherwin
M/V Four Seasons
Nordhavn 46-70
>From: "Larry N. Brown" <lnb@charter.net>
>To: "TWL" <trawler-world-list@samurai.com>
>Subject: TWL: SSB's
>Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 15:39:46 -0600
>I want an SSB rig for communications outside of VHF range. 90% of the time
>it would be for Hamming, chatting,
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