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

Paul Gates, KD3JF pearly732003 at yahoo.com
Thu May 22 07:37:14 EDT 2008


Gerry, wake up there is more important stuff than FM.
I left that mode alone when I got my Extra Class
License! Go out and buy yourself a FM radio and that
will be the smart thing to do.... <g>

Paul, KD3JF
--- Gerry Pement <ve7bgp at shaw.ca> wrote:

> 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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