[ICOM] Icom 7200

[Gary]

Most activity? Converted radios? Where do you come up with these statistics?
They're not even remotely close to true for the Western U.S. There have been 6m
FM capable transceivers available from Icom, Kenwood, Yaesu, and others since
the mid 1990's, some go back before then and had alot more than two channels. In
Southern CA alone there is an enormous open 6m FM system that covers San Diego
to LA out through the high desert and linked to Dallas/Ft. worth area as well as
Houston, TX. It also has a 10m FM repeater in LA linked in full time. I respect
everyone's right to express an opinion on the radio here but making up
statistics helps nobody.
Gary
N6LRV

Joe Crawford wrote:

> Most of the activity on 6m is SSB. FM is populated by folks with one-or
> two-channel converted two-way radios.And 4 channels of repeater frequencies
> plus another 4 or 5 simplex channels is not worth it.Most 10m FM operation
> is by remote base linked to 2m for the folks that can't( or won't) upgrade
> their license. Looking forward to more info on the 7200.
>                                               Joe W4AAB