[ICOM] RE: News

[Renee]

What other Icom radios ever had dual receive?
73,
Renee NZ9T



Dick Flanagan wrote:
> At 08:04 PM 11/28/2008, John Geiger wrote:
>  >And the 756PRO3 gives you dual receive.  I can't see spending $5500
>  >for a radio and not getting dual receive.
> 
> 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.
> 
> The 7700 also only has one receiver, but ICOM left out the Dual Watch 
> feature for performance reasons.
> 
> The 7800 is the only current ICOM offering that offers true dual receive 
> with two independent receivers within the same box.
> 
> Dick
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