>Hi, my name is Jim Crites and I am still looking for my first rig. The
Scout is affordable to me and being a new HAM it's layout looks plain and
easy to use.
>
>All the HAMs I know out here (Japan) here have Icoms and Kenwoods with so
many buttons and gadgets compared to the scout that I was wondering if I
will need all that stuff in the future? Whenever I ask advice on a radio
everyone tells me to get an Icom 706. Iv'e also been told that changing
modules in the scout would be annoying.
>
>Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thanks,
>
>Jim Crites, KF6FCV, AFT8JC, (still waiting for recipricol, $125 !!!)
>jimc@mail.heronet.or.jp
>
Hi Jim,
Anyone that would say that changing modules in a Scout is annoying
(band change approximately 3 seconds) also has never run a Icom 706(or else
carries a 706 manual in his back pocket ALL the time). Besides the receiver
in a 706 is garbage compared to the Scout, and the Scout is a tough
character in the field, how many of the Icom goodbuddies would take their
706s backpacking?? I'm sorry if I offended any 706 users, however We can't
sell the Scout short, I recommend the Scout for ARES Rapid Response Team
Grab-N-Go Kits because it's very functional, and not loaded down with Bells
& Whistles that do nothing when it comes to transmitting and receiving a
radio signal. Good Luck!
Chris KB3A
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