[Elecraft] Re: Icom IC-7800 review

[Thom R. Lacosta]

On Tue, 20 Jul 2004, wayne burdick wrote:

>
> On Jul 20, 2004, at 11:20 AM, Julian, G4ILO wrote:
>
>> For ten thousand bucks it ought to have a button to control the
>> reflectivity of the ionosphere. :-)
>
> And a compartment in the top for storage of your K2, K1, and KX1  ;)

I heard that ICOM is quietly introducing the IC-7800E.  It's a case
with a drop down front panel.  The inside is rigged up so that
your Elecraft rigs will slide inside and automatically connect to
power and RF jacks.

The real diehards can also purchase TK7800ES(Tuning Knob 7800 Elecraft Stealth) 
which is a tuning knob that looks like an Elecraft knob to allow the discerning
ham the opportunity to "reach for the preferred rig" regardless of light 
conditions.

An unnamed Icom spokeman allowed the the new model would mean that tests results 
of a fully equiped IC-7800E would always compare favorably to a popular kit 
transceiver.

Film at 11!

73
Thom - k3hrn

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