[ICOM] Icom kind of disappointing at Hamcomm

[Tim Duffy K3LR]

There was no contest going on this weekend. What you heard was a time
machine recording that was playing back. It really sounds like it is
real, but it was a recording. They did the same thing at Dayton.
The time machines record an entire sub band with VHS tape and can play
it back allowing a user to tune across the band after a contest is over.

73,
Tim K3LR

John Geiger wrote:

> Just got back from Hamcomm where I was hoping to see
> the IC7000 prototype.  It wasn't there-the rep said it
> was already in Japan.  They also didn't have any
> literature concerning it, or if they did, it was gone
> by the time I got there on Friday afternoon.
> According to the rep there, it is supposed to hit the
> market in December 2005, and it is a completely
> different radio from the 706MKIIG.
>
> Now the $64,000 which I asked Icom "Will it have a
> better receiver than the 706MKIIG?"  The rep mumbled
> something about it having 2 32bit DSP chips, and that
> was about it.  I didn't ask about the DSP, I asked
> about the receiver.  My guess is that either he didn't
> know (more likely), or it doesn't, but he didn't want
> to say that.
>
> Anyway, the Icom booth had absolutely nothing about
> this rig, and you would never know it was in the
> pre-release stage by what I saw there.  Glad to know
> that Texas scores way below the Dayton treatment.
>
> Did get to see and play a little with an Icom 7800
> there.  Very impressive.  What contest was going on
> this weekend?  In the 20 CW band the 7800 was picking
> up some contest with lots of people sending their
> state.
>
> 73s John NE0P
>
>
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