[ICOM] Icom Gossip From JA Land.

[John Geiger]

Hope the replacement does the legal limit on 6m.  800
watts or so is fine on HF, but if you are going to buy
an amp for 6, why get one at less than 1500!

73s John W5TD

--- "n5wv at eastex.net" <n5wv at eastex.net> wrote:

> Hello Group ,  I have been away from the reflector
> for a few months due to business and hope that all 
> members have been doing well. About a year after the
> IC-7800 was introduced at Dayton a JA friend 
> mentioned to me that Icom was working on a
> replacement for the IC-R9000 series receiver. As we
> all know 
> now the IC-R9500 is in production. I spoke with him
> this morning and he has heard that Icom is now
> working 
> on a replacement for the IC-PW 1 HF/6M Amp. He
> doesnt know any specs but he said that he has heard
> that 
> this amp will have metering simular to the metering
> on the IC-7800 HF/6M transceiver. It should have the
> 
> neat LCD digital "needle" style indicators/pointers
> with "shadows" simular to the 7800's. The controller
> 
> is supposed to be removable like the PW-1'S is but a
> lot thinner/slimmer. Again he does not know anything
> 
> about its rf output or any specs at all and its just
> "gossip" that he is passing on from other JA friends
> 
> of his. He does not work for Icom but does reside in
> Osaka , Japan. With his advance knowledge of the IC-
> R9500 receiver we may just have a new Icom HF amp
> out soon. Im glad to see the new products comming
> out 
> from Icom , It reminds me of there line back in the
> late 80's and early 90's when they were constantly 
> comming out with new products and there catalogs had
> many pages with accessories and other items. Again ,
> 
> I hope everyone has been doing ok. 73 ,  de Randy
> N5WV
> 
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