In my view there is no contest at all. The IC-705 beats the Yaesu rig hands down.
Following recent price drops the IC-705 is even better! The ICOM rig has far more features in the product already that you have to buy as extras in the Yaesu rigs.
Simple QRP projects, 10m, 8m, 6m, 4m, FT8, 160m, WSPR, LF/MF, sub-9kHz, nanowaves and other random stuff, some not related to amateur radio.
Following recent price drops the IC-705 is even better! The ICOM rig has far more features in the product already that you have to buy as extras in the Yaesu rigs.
DX Explorer appeals to me. He is a real experimenter and learns through doing. One of his videos shows his experiments with an ATU for his...