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<div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">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! </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">As their features are similar, I was wondering about "soft" issues like build quality, reliability, out-of-the-box failures; things like that. <span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 16px;">It's very reassuring to know that there is (so far) uniform agreement that I wouldn't be making a mistake with either rig. </span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Andy - </div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> 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.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Paul -</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"> 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.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Thanks again everyone!</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Ron</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">KC1POF</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Sunday, July 25, 2021, 07:17:51 AM EDT, Paul Pellegrini <k1vk@yahoo.com> wrote:
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<div dir="ltr"><span></span><div>Ron - </div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Your two selections are great.<span> </span>Either of them will do nicely and give many
hours of enjoyment.<span> </span>The specifications
are comparable so it's difficult to use these as selection criteria.<span> </span>The main differences
between these radios are screen size (Icom wins) and cost (Icom wins).<span> </span>If you want the two extra ham bands, 2 meters
and 70 centimeters, Yaesu wins.<span> </span>Yaesu also
has digital voice capabilities on the UHF and VHF bands.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Welcome back</div><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Paul</div><div dir="ltr">K1VK</div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Sunday, July 25, 2021, 05:20:35 AM EDT, matthew sapienza via bars <bars@w1hh.org> wrote:
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<div dir="ltr">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 </div><div><br clear="none"></div>
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On Saturday, July 24, 2021, 09:03:08 PM EDT, Andy Wallace <soldersmoke01@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpc5b234c8yiv4733778239ydp2784812fyiv2508897710"><div><div dir="ltr">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. </div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">The 991A is an older design but could be good if you want HF VHF UHF all in one package (including Digital C4FM/Fusion). </div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">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. </div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Youtube has reviews of all current transceivers out there. Handy to see what the rig is like before trying one. </div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">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. </div><div dir="ltr">Andy</div><div dir="ltr">KA1GTT</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydpc5b234c8yiv4733778239ydp2784812fyiv2508897710yqt8125313208" id="ydpc5b234c8yiv4733778239ydp2784812fyiv2508897710yqtfd26094"><br clear="none">On Jul 24, 2021, at 7:32 PM, Ron Zeheb via bars <bars@w1hh.org> wrote:<br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div></div><div class="ydpc5b234c8yiv4733778239ydp2784812fyiv2508897710yqt8125313208" id="ydpc5b234c8yiv4733778239ydp2784812fyiv2508897710yqtfd10450"><div dir="ltr"><div class="ydpc5b234c8yiv4733778239ydp2784812fyiv2508897710yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:16px;"><div dir="ltr">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?</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Many thanks!</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"> Ron</div><div dir="ltr"> KC1POF</div></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br clear="none"><span>bars mailing list</span><br clear="none"><span>bars@w1hh.org</span><br clear="none"><span>http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org</span><br clear="none"></div></div></div></div><div class="ydpc5b234c8yiv4733778239ydp2784812fyiv2508897710yqt8125313208" id="ydpc5b234c8yiv4733778239ydp2784812fyiv2508897710yqtfd94702">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">bars mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:bars@w1hh.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bars@w1hh.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mail.w1hh.org/mailman/listinfo/bars_w1hh.org</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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