[Icom] Successor for 706MKIIG???

Sat, 24 May 2003 16:18:25 -0500

I was at Dayton but didn't notice whether the 7800 prototype had holes in 
the side for the mobile mount or not. For what it prob will cost, it sure 
should go mobile too!

>From: "George,  W5YR" <[email protected]>
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>Subject: Re: [Icom] Successor for 706MKIIG???
>Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 15:59:44 -0500
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>Sounds suspiciously like a 7800 . . .
>
>73/72, George
>Amateur Radio W5YR -  the Yellow Rose of Texas
>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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