[ICOM] Icom kind of disappointing at Hamcomm

[Jerry K3BZ]

That I did not know... but I'm very happy to hear that excellent news.  The
IC-7800 was always surrounded and it's sufficiently far beyond my means that
I decided not to tease myself, so I never really got close enough to notice
what antenna they might have been using. The MonstIR is a good partner for
it.  Since I'd have to cut down enough trees to enfuriate my XYL and install
a new tower to support it, the MonstIR is beyond my means as well 8^) .....
for now...

73,  Jerry K3BZ

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> Jerry I do not take acception to anything you said except that Icom and
SteppIR/USTower did work together at Dayton and that antenna was the one
used on the IC-7800 for the Icom Special Event station.  The IC-7800 was
operated in real time by some very gifted operation.
>
> Joe K0BX
>
>
> From: "Jerry K3BZ" <k3bz at arrl.net>
> At Dayton, maybe ICOM could have worked out a deal with the guys at
SteppIR
> to use that huge 40M to 6M MonstIR yagi that dominated the sky over the
main
> entrance... that could have been quite a demonstration...
>
> 73,  Jerry K3BZ
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tim Duffy K3LR" <k3lr at k3lr.com>
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Cc: <dross at sirinet.net>
> Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 12:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Icom kind of disappointing at Hamcomm
>
>
> > 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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