[ICOM] RE: News
John Geiger
aa5jg at yahoo.com
Sat Nov 29 01:24:51 EST 2008
A PRO3 and a 4 element steppIR would also make a nice $5500 package!
And I agree with Alex. Being able to listen to 2 different frequencies on the same band sure beats being limited to one.
73s John AA5JG
--- On Sat, 11/29/08, Alex <kr1st at amsat.org> wrote:
> From: Alex <kr1st at amsat.org>
> Subject: RE: [ICOM] RE: News
> To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Saturday, November 29, 2008, 12:15 AM
> > Don't confuse Dual Watch with dual receive. The
> 756 Pro III has Dual
> > Watch which allows you to listen to two different
> frequencies, but it
> > only has one receiver and you are effectively limited
> to both receive
> > frequencies being within the same band.
>
> And with the 7700 you are effectively limited to *one*
> frequency in a band.
>
> Let's not pretend that the Dual Watch is somehow of
> very limited use and
> downplay this feature. It is a very effective feature for
> those of us who
> know how to use it. Just because the 7k7 doesn't have
> Dual Watch, it makes
> the feature "limited". No, that's just a poor
> excuse.
>
> Not only does the ProIII allow you to listen to two
> frequencies at once, but
> the band scope feature will still work while you are
> listening to both
> frequencies at the same time!
>
> Like John, I would never plunk down 5.5k of my hard earned
> cash to buy a
> crippled radio. Yes, the 7700 is crippled in my opinion
> compared to the
> ProIII in this regard. I think even Icom conceded to this
> somewhat in their
> advertising campaign by suggesting to add the 7700 to the
> ProIII rather than
> replacing it.
>
> I'll wait for the 7600. When I buy a new radio, it
> needs to be able to do at
> least what my old one does or else it's not even worth
> looking at for me.
> Certainly not at the 5+k price point. I'd rather have
> two ProIII's and still
> have a few bucks left over than a single 7700.
>
> 73,
> --Alex KR1ST
> http://www.kr1st.com
> http://www.airlinkexpress.org
>
>
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