[ICOM] IC-7200

[Gary V. Smith]

Pair a 7200 with an FT-8900 quad-band FM and you've got the best of 
both worlds for EmComm.

73,
Gary

At 12:02 AM 5/24/2009, you wrote:
>Perhaps this is not intended to be a one size fits all radio. Every 
>time another
>band, mode,  etc is added to a radio, the existing ones are 
>compromised to some
>degree.
>In much less space and weight as the IC-7200 takes up, I could put a 
>6 meter,  a
>10 meter and  a 144/400 dual band FM radios and be able to monitor all 4 bands
>at once.   In fact I could probably do it twice with still some left 
>over.  For
>emcom, I suggest you use a IC -7000 or  IC-706 for HF and VHF/UHF CW and SSB.
>Use single band radios for FM.  You will take up less space and 
>weight than you
>would with a IC-7200 and have much more flexibility and redundancy.
>73,
>Ken W7TS
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>[mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of J. Gordon Beattie,
>Jr., W2TTT
>Sent: Saturday, May 23, 2009 21:03
>To: 'ICOM Reflector'
>Subject: Re: [ICOM] IC-7200
>
>
>Well Tom,
>I posted this earlier today on several other lists, but I can add my concern
>that it also lacks duplex and CTCSS capabilities in addition to the FM issue
>that I mentioned.  For EMCOM it would seem a serious omission.
>The text of what I sent earlier follows...
>
>
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