[Icom] Successor for 706MKIIG???

Sat, 24 May 2003 15:59:44 -0500

Sounds suspiciously like a 7800 . . .

73/72, George
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Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13QE
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Adam Farson" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 12:10 PM
Subject: RE: [Icom] Successor for 706MKIIG???


> Hi Matt,
>
> It is interesting, though, that the IF scheme of the IC-703 down-converts
> from 64.455 MHz to 455 kHz in one conversion step.
>
> Hmmm...pull out the second mixer and analogue IF chain, then pop in an I/Q
> image-reject mixer which down-converts to 36 kHz for the ADC...?
>
> Cheers for now, 73,
> Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> Behalf Of Matt Erickson
> Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 08:34
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Icom] Successor for 706MKIIG???
>
>
> No plans yet, my sources have said, but maybe in the future.  The IC-703
was
> never intended as a replacement for the 706.
> Perhaps in a year or two a new version will be in the works.
>
> At 09:28 AM 5/24/03 , you wrote:
> >Now that Icom has revised the 756 and 746 and announced their new high
end
> >model (7800), has anyone heard if they are planning a new version of my
> favorite
> >rig the 706MKIIG?  If so, what might it include?
> >
> >IMHO, the 703 is a step backward.
> >
> >73, Jim N3AWS
> >
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