[ICOM] NEW IC-7000

[n6eq at juno.com]

John,
 I think what they meant by "first in it class"... the TS-2000 is
basically a base radio and the IC-7000 is basically mobile radio.  Just
my 2 cents.

7 3 de N6EQ
Chuck
On Mon, 19 Dec 2005 03:12:02 -0000 "John Geiger" <ne0p at lcisp.com> writes:
> That is a nice writeup, but I hate to inform Icom that the IF-DSP on 
> the
> 7000 is not "the first in its class."  The Kenwood TS2000 is the 
> first
> HF/VHF/UHF radio with IF-DSP.
> 
> Icom tried something similar with the 756PRO, acting like it was 
> such a
> design breakthrough, even though several rigs before it had IF-DSP 
> and DSP
> based filters, like the Kenwood TS870, Kachina 505, Ten Tec Pegasus, 
> and I
> think the TS2000 came out a little before the 756PRO also, but I 
> could be
> wrong on that one.
> 
> 73s John NE0P
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "AD5VJ Bob" <rtnmi at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "Icom Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 2:36 AM
> Subject: [ICOM] NEW IC-7000
> 
> 
> Hey just visited the site at
> http://www.aesham.com/display_pages/ic7000.shtml and found
> this on the front page in case anyone hasn't seen it yet
> they have all the specs on it published now.
> 
> 
> 
>   73 fer nw,
> Bob AD5VJ
> 
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> there in the first place is out front of it all.
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