[Icom] IC-756 or an Original Pro

[Ekki Plicht]

>  >independent-sideband (ISB) transmission: Double-sideband transmission=
 in
>  >which the information carried by each sideband is different.
>
> OK.  Sounds like this would not apply to hams.

Stereo transmissions?
No, seriously, although this is not directly useful it might lead to some=
=20
experimentation, and that's what ham radio is about, isn't it? ISB in=20
commercial radios is used for scrambling voice transmissions. The scrambl=
ed=20
voice is on one channel, the scramble information is transmitted on the=20
other.=20
Or maybe this might give new meaning to the Single OP, two radio class in=
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contests?


>  >10/100BaseT (RJ-45) LAN connectivity: To allow control of the transce=
iver
>  >via an Ethernet LAN connection.
>
> Again, the software to do this would probably not be ham-oriented (or e=
ven
> available)

I wouldn't think so. There is a lot of software for radio control (any br=
and)=20
and doing it over ethernet isn't more difficult than doing it over serial=
=20
ports. In some cases it might even be simpler. And I know that many hams=20
already have a small ethernet network at home. At least an M/M contest=20
station has it (for logging).

Further, I could imagine that the ethernet connection provides much more =
than=20
just remote control. Why not data transmission directly (tcp/ip or other)=
=2E If=20
the rig has a TNC built in, you can look at it as a complex modem  Or eve=
n=20
compressed, slow "voice over IP" on HF?


>  >Tempest: USDOD/NATO military EMC certification.
>
> If I were to need this, I think I would be a lot busier doing other thi=
ngs.

Might come handy in a large M/M contest setup, hi. The radiation level th=
ere=20
is sometimes equal to tactical military situations...


>  >In all seriousness, though, the new radio which replaces the IC-781 a=
nd
>  >IC-785 will be aimed at commercial and governmental as well as ham
>  > markets, as the IC-781 was. The potential for sales in those areas i=
s
>  > far greater than that in the amateur marketplace.
>
> I understand.  The thought of a radio a quantum jump ahead of the curre=
nt
> 756-PRO family, though, is quite intriguing.

Rhode & Schwarz does have a commercial rig which is intended to sell to=20
mil/com market only. Nevertheless there is a rumor that at least 50 hams=20
bought it for hobby use, at a price tag of about US$10k, without options.=
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There is a high end ham market.

73 and best seasons greeting to all,
Ekki, DF4OR