[ICOM] IC-7700 - dual watch, analogue meter

[John Geiger]

of course one nice thing about digital metering is
that you can watch power out and SWR at the same time.

73s John W5TD

--- Adam Farson <farson at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Mel, Alex,
> 
> Icom appear to have used the IC-7800 RXPLL-A module
> as the IC-7700
> receiver/synthesiser. To add Dual Watch, they would
> need to redesign the
> board to add a splitter, combiner, secondary 1st
> mixer and associated
> circuitry. They would also need to design a separate
> synthesiser (PLL) board
> for the secondary channel. All this costs R&D funds
> and development-cycle
> time. 
> 
> Time (and sales figures) will tell whether or not
> Icom were right to launch
> the IC-7700 as a single-RX transceiver. 
> 
> On the analogue meter issue, it is a matter of
> personal taste. My Yaesu
> Quadra amplifier has a long LCD bar-graph scale
> which reads PEP accurately -
> I checked it against my spectrum analyser (which has
> a peak hold feature.) I
> am quite happy with that.
> 
> Cheers for now, 73,
> Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
> 
> 
> 
> 
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