[bars] HF transceiver advice/opinions/suggestions

[Ron Zeheb]

 Thanks everyone for your thoughtful and helpful replies.  I was going to say thanks for the great feedback but I'm pretty sure this group would raise an eyebrow to that one!  
As their features are similar, I was wondering about "soft" issues like build quality, reliability, out-of-the-box failures; things like that.  It's very reassuring to know that there is (so far) uniform agreement that I wouldn't be making a mistake with either rig.  
Andy -     As it turns out, I spent nearly two hours yesterday morning at HRO in Salem.  I had plenty of time to look around and then had the pleasure of  Cal's expertise to demonstrate some of the features/benefits and costs of the various options.  We are lucky to have such a place so close to us.
Paul -   I was sitting across the table from you at the previous Saturday breakfast (7/17/21), and I want to thank you for bringing up Echolink.  I had it running on my PC and on my iPhone by last Monday.  I would have used it to log into the Wednesday night net but we had a dinner party that night and I could not get away.  For me, having Echolink minimizes the value of the Yaesu's 2 meters capability.

Thanks again everyone!
RonKC1POF


    On Sunday, July 25, 2021, 07:17:51 AM EDT, Paul Pellegrini <k1vk at yahoo.com> wrote:  
 
  Ron -  
Your two selections are great.  Either of them will do nicely and give manyhours of enjoyment.  The specificationsare comparable so it's difficult to use these as selection criteria.  The main differencesbetween these radios are screen size (Icom wins) and cost (Icom wins).  If you want the two extra ham bands, 2 metersand 70 centimeters, Yaesu wins.  Yaesu alsohas digital voice capabilities on the UHF and VHF bands.
Welcome back
PaulK1VK
    On Sunday, July 25, 2021, 05:20:35 AM EDT, matthew sapienza via bars <bars at w1hh.org> wrote:  
 
  ok maybe if you said the 991-A is older design? hmmm so what about 991???  i'm glad you love the 7300 i will have 1 before this year over 1 because i got my start on icom/yaesu   don't 4 get old school 706 mk2g owners regret selling them to buy a ic 7000? i still own 2 mk2g's and a 991-A mk2g does a bang up up job on 6m ssb 
    On Saturday, July 24, 2021, 09:03:08 PM EDT, Andy Wallace <soldersmoke01 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Ron, definitely make a run up to HRO in Salem and test drive the rigs there. You may be surprised what you like and dislike. 
The 991A is an older design but could be good if you want HF VHF UHF all in one package (including Digital C4FM/Fusion). 
Like twenty trillion others I have an IC-7300 and love it. At $999 I think it’s the best value out there. Once you realize what a handy tool a fast response waterfall/spectrum scope is for finding stations, you will never go back to a radio that only displays frequency. 
Youtube has reviews of all current transceivers out there. Handy to see what the rig is like before trying one. 
And tube rigs live on. I just bought upgraded filter boards for my AC-4 and am looking forward to putting my old Drake TR-4 back on the air. But the 7300 is the daily driver. AndyKA1GTT

On Jul 24, 2021, at 7:32 PM, Ron Zeheb via bars <bars at w1hh.org> wrote:

After many decades of inactivity (my last rig was all vacuum tube-based) I am now eager to get back on the air!  I have been considering 100 W multi-band transceivers and would welcome any and all opinions.  In particular, any thoughts on the ICOM 7300 versus the Yaesu FT991A?
Many thanks!
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