[ICOM] Icom 7200 at Dayton Big Disappointment???
John Geiger
aa5jg at lcisp.com
Wed May 21 14:50:52 EDT 2008
If the only problem with it is that it lacks FM, then it must be a pretty
good rig.
73s John AA5JG
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Crawford" <crawfish at surfmore.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Icom 7200 at Dayton Big Disappointment???
> 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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