[Yaesu] Yaesu FT920 vs Icom 746: Results of comparison

Thu Nov 1 17:10:48 EST 2007

Greetings y'all may find the Elecraft site of interest
in this matter:
http://www.elecraft.com/K2_perf.htm#Main%20RX%20Table
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--- W8OKN Sean <w8okn at charter.net> wrote:
> Perhaps I should explain myself further...
>> I am reading from the QST articles that compare the
> two rigs. The 
> comparisons are close (closer than not) and there
> are many external factors 
> that can have a significant impact on even side by
> side comparisons. This 
> is why we have laboratories.
>> And again, I really do appreciate the report, but we
> should not, as 
> technicians and engineers, forget that the test can
> be misleading, if not 
> completed properly. Not that there was any bias,
> but even when we honestly 
> approach something like this, we can subconsciously
> overlook things or miss 
> important factors.
>> This is not a critique of the method used, nor a
> critique of the tester, but 
> simply an editorial comment about the methods we
> choose to conduct tests and 
> do comparisions.
>> Perhaps it would be better to say, "I like the 920,
> and here is why." If 
> you went to the Icom 746PRO thread, you would have
> someone there give a list 
> as to why the 746PRO is better, and so forth.
>> Oh... and ... No, I do not want more noise.
>> W8OKN 
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