[ICOM] HRD-what is the attraction?

[Adam Farson]

Hi John,

No, they just missed the "hybrid" era. Their first HF transceiver was the IC-701, which was fully solid-state.

Around 1989, Icom OEM'd the Advanced Radio Devices ARD-230 autotune 8877 amplifier as the "IC-1500" for a short while before announcing the solid-state IC-4KL. 

Incidentally, we got 25W and 100W solid-state HF transceivers type-approved at Racal in 1965/66 for LMR and governmental use. The prototype PA's exceeded the ITU-R IMD spec by all of 2 dB!

Cheers, 73, Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ

----- Original Message -----
From: John Geiger <aa5jg at yahoo.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008 10:11 am
Subject: RE: [ICOM] HRD-what is the attraction?
To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>

> Did Icom ever make a tube rig?
> 
> 73s John AA5JG
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Paul Manuel <k4pdm at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > From: Paul Manuel <k4pdm at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: RE: [ICOM] HRD-what is the attraction?
> > To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: Tuesday, November 18, 2008, 11:58 AM
> > --- On Tue, 11/18/08, Larry <w3oz at msn.com> wrote:
> > "When you want to do something, you have to get out
> > the book and look up
> > maybe 2 or 3 different menus to get the rig to do something
> > we seldom or
> > have never done. With HRD you can have a button or slider
> > to do just about
> > anything the software in the radio can do with a click of
> > the mouse. That is
> > much better than dragging out the manual looking it up in
> > the index and then
> > trying to figure out what to do, and maybe mess something
> > else up. If you
> > are against computers I suggest you stick with an older
> > tube rig, as most
> > new rigs are really computers with RF unit in them and the
> > trend is not
> > going to stop. 
> > 
> > Human intellectual and technological progress is not going
> > to stop any time
> > soon. Either get on the bus or get a ticket to the nursing
> > home. I am not
> > responding to any one person on this thread, but just a
> > general comment, so
> > don't take offense to my comments please."
> > 
> > 
> > One of the best things about ham radio is the fact that I
> > can indeed take my glowing tube rig and communicate with you
> > while you sit behing a computer screen. Some people enjoy
> > sailboating and I suppose they should buy a boat with an
> > Evinrude or go to the nursing home. 
> > 
> > The wide spectrum of equipment and operating styles is a
> > very appealing factor in ham radio and I hate to see that
> > change.
> > 
> > As far as getting out the book to work a menu, that is part
> > of learning and using the radio, which still matters to a
> > lot of us.
> > 
> > To each his own, I say. 
> > 
> > To get this back to an ICOM topic, I've owned about
> > fifteen ICOMs and none of them had tubes! But they all had
> > knobs and switches.
> > 
> > 73, Paul K4PDM
> > 
> > 
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