[ICOM] HRD-what is the attraction?

[Frank A. Ellis]

Hi all,

I submit this for your consideration:

http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/icom_ssb_transmitter_ic_700tic.html


73, Frank KC3JH





Adam Farson wrote:
> 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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