I think it's unfair to compare the Icom IC756PRO with what is
available today. The technology is more than a decade old compared to
today's K3's , FT5000 DX etc.
    Sure those newer radios are going to be better. During its day it was a
good radio compared to what was available then. I seem to remember it being
the  2nd most
    used radio  by the teams in WRTC-2006 so it can't be all that bad. I
have used much worse radios. It's far from being "unusable" on CW as one
person 
    commented.  If you contest on a budget it's a good choice. If not go for
the K3 or FT-5000 DX.
 
 
    Jeff KU8E
 
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