[ICOM] New IC-7700 Dual Watch and CW pitch

[Anders Janis SM4RNA]

An error in the text so I change it:


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Anders Janis SM4RNA" <sm4rna at telia.com>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 5:38 PM
Subject: [ICOM] New IC-7700 Dual Watch and CW pitch


>A reflection on the DW discussions. It seems that it is common that when a 
>new radio is released, there is considered to always be a feature from the 
>next level radio missing. On the other hand I think I saw somwhere that the 
>7700 is intended for the 765 and 775- owners. In that case there could be 
>an idea to include the features of those radios.
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> Another interesting thing about DW is, that so many has bee complaining 
> about that ICOM's  DW that _NOT HAVE_ one channel each for each ear. Of 
> course they demand top receiver preformace, but on the other hand they 
> will accept a sub receiver with performance and design similar to a entry 
> level radio.
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> On the picture of the 7700 I notice that there is a knob to adjust the 
> CW-pitch. That adjustment is sometime in a meny or on the front of the 
> radio. I choose the pitch to my personal liking. 440Hz fits my ears just 
> perfect. As I use the same ears all the time I see no reason to adjust the 
> pitch. Also it is good to know the exact pitch if one use external LF 
> filters or want to use the PC to analyse the signals as I easily can find 
> the correct QRG. I do not know if it is possible to see what pitch is 
> chosen on the display, but if not, it's not so good. Wonder if ICOM had 
> some left over space or if there is a idea behind putting the the pitch 
> control on the front?
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> De Anders SM4RNA
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