[Icom] Introduction of the IC-7800

Wed, 21 May 2003 10:30:51 -0500

Joe-

I know  your comments are tongue in cheek but I'll bet future significant
upgrades to this radio for some time will be to the radio's software through
flash enhancements--it has a serial port and a network connector on the
rear. High end digital cameras have already gone this route--some can be
upgraded through their memory cards placed in a PC card reader.

Andy K5VM

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Moraine" <[email protected]>
To: "Icom Posts" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2003 9:32 AM
Subject: [Icom] Introduction of the IC-7800

> I heard on 80 meters last night (so it must be true) that 6 months after
> the initial introduction of the IC-7800, Icom will introduce the IC-7800
> Mark II.  The Mark II will have an improved noise blanker and a slightly
>   different color scheme for the LCD display.  The new radio will be in
> the $15,000 to $20,000 class.  I only bring this up, so that those of
> you who are contemplating purchasing the original model, may want to
> wait 6 months for the introduction of the Mark II.  It looks like it
> will be a huge improvement over the original model.
>
>
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