[Icom] Successor for 706MKIIG???

Sat, 24 May 2003 18:02:43 -0500

Yep and it only takes an 18-wheeler to haul it!  <:}

73/72, George
Amateur Radio W5YR -  the Yellow Rose of Texas
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13QE
"In the 57th year and it just keeps getting better!"
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----- Original Message -----
From: "James Vohland" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, May 24, 2003 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Icom] Successor for 706MKIIG???

> 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]>
> >Reply-To: [email protected]
> >To: <[email protected]>
> >Subject: Re: [Icom] Successor for 706MKIIG???
> >Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 15:59:44 -0500
> >
> >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
> >"In the 57th year and it just keeps getting better!"
> ><mailto:[email protected]>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >----- 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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