[ICOM] Icom 7200 at Dayton Big Disappointment???

[Joe Crawford]

Maybe because they are wanting to focus on HF more. 10m FM is the only FM on 
HF.I hear very little FM activity on 6 with my IC-736.
                                       Joe W4AAB
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerry Pement" <ve7bgp at shaw.ca>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 12:55 PM
Subject: [ICOM] Icom 7200 at Dayton Big Disappointment???


> Hello Icom !!
>
> Wake-up Where's FM on the new IC-7200? I was shocked by the omission of 
> that mode. FM was missing on the IC-718. Prior to the IC-718 every other 
> Icom introduced in the past 1/4 Century had FM mode. Even the venerable 
> old IC-740 had  FM as a option. Available as a option also in the IC-745 
> and low end Rigs IC-725-707. Higher end rigs and the great old IC-735 all 
> had FM Mode standard equipment.  What good is having coverage on 6 Meters 
> and completely MISS THE BOAT on the new IC-7200 by leaving off the FM 
> Mode? That 7200 will be Icom's First Rig to have 6 Meters and leave off FM 
> Mode. Come On ICOM Even your old IC-726 & IC-728 early HF/6 Meter rigs had 
> FM standard equipment! Even the Venerable Old Yaesu FT-757GX included FM 
> as Standard Equipment and that Classic Celebrates it's 25th Birthday this 
> Month. I think it was introduced at Dayton '83 and first Advertised in 
> June '83 Issue of TCA Mag. Canada's equivalent of QST Mag. at that time 
> put out by CARF. The "New" IC-7200 is not gonna create much excitement, 
> and is not very New by leaving off the Important *FM mode for 6 Meter 
> operators. *I'm afraid Yaesu these days are offering Hams more than Icom 
> in the lower end of rigs. I thought that new IC-7200 was something 
> exciting when I first saw the Photos at the Tokyo Ham Fair event last 
> August. That IC-718 is now getting Stale on the market is now outgunned 
> with Yaesu's FT-450 and FT-897D offerings doing so well in the 
> "Affordable" market. That new FT-950 Yaesu introduced at the same time as 
> the IC-7200 was Talked About and is still only "Talked About", was on the 
> Dealers Shelves and in shacks 6 weeks weeks later. Was the IC-7200 shown 
> at Dayton even working Yet??? or just a stagnant display Item! That FT-950 
> is giving the now getting stale "Trouble Prone" TX and Display Backlight 
> failure's Galore IC-746Pro a good run for It's Money. So far no major 
> Reliability Problems have cropped up on the new FT-950 like the Dead TX 
> issue of the IC-746 Pro. I am afraid Yaesu today has become No 1 in the 
> marketplace.
> 73
> Gerry VE7BGP
>
> Alex wrote:
>
>  -------------- 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
>
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