[ICOM] Icom 7200 at Dayton

[Alex]

  -------------- Original message from Gary <n6lrv at cox.net>: --------------
> I was very disappointed by the lack of
> FM and signalling (according to the brochure). I found the control head easy to
> use and had every hope of buying a couple 7200's this year but without FM and
> signalling I may not buy at all. What was Icom thinking? 

Sounds like it's going to be a replacement for the IC-718 (and the IC-78 probably). I think that the omission of FM is a good thing because then you don't have to design a rig that has to pass a wide FM signal through its filters. But for your application that may indeed not be a good thing.

"What, no FM?" Now that is truly an omission of a feature to pack more performance in a small package. ;-)

73,
--Alex KR1ST
http://www.kr1st.com