[ICOM] R9000

[Gary]

Yeah Sam you're wrong. There were no LED R9000's.


work wrote:

> I may be wrong but all LED R9000s sold in the USA are NOT cell blocked and
> that is why they stopped selling them in about 1996, by law. Then the 9000L
> came out which WAS cell blocked. If you have the LCD later version "L" then
> you are blocked. Some detest the later model and swear by the earlier model,
> as I do. I do not like the LCD contrast. So, when you see an ad, it should
> say R9000 or 9000L to clarify the different production changes. Inside, they
> are virtually the same radio, so says Icom people I talked to back in the
> early 2001.
> San K5YY
>
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