[ICOM] [VHF] Icom 9100 release date?

[John Geiger]

Steve,

I am on your side with this one.  I would much rather have a menu setting for power so you can set it differently for each band.  I was just citing what the first complaint everyone makes concerning the FT950.  I don't understand their complaint.  After all, how often do you need to change the power settings, plus you can leave the menu on the RF power setting so that comes up when you push the power button. Guess some people just need something to complain about.

73s John AA5JG

--- On Thu, 11/19/09, Crownhaven <crownhaven at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> From: Crownhaven <crownhaven at bellsouth.net>
> Subject: Re: [VHF] Icom 9100 release date?
> To: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at yahoo.com>
> Cc: icom at mailman.qth.net, vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu, amsat-bb at amsat.org
> Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 6:30 PM
> Would you rather have it in a menu or
> risk damaging your various amplifiers when you forget to
> adjust it for whatever input might be required?  This
> would be a moot point if you were going to run the rig
> barefoot and rove with it.  But, if you are a serious
> op who desires an amp on each band, having to adjust the
> control from band to band is a pain in the ass and a recipe
> for disaster.
> 
> John Geiger wrote:
> > But if you put it in a menu then you will, of course,
> have everyone griping how the power control is in a menu,
> like they do for the FT950.
> > 
> > 73s JOhn AA5JG
> > 
> > --- On Thu, 11/19/09, Crownhaven <crownhaven at bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
> > 
> >   
> >> From: Crownhaven <crownhaven at bellsouth.net>
> >> Subject: Re: [VHF] Icom 9100 release date?
> >> To: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at yahoo.com>
> >> Cc: icom at mailman.qth.net,
> vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu,
> amsat-bb at amsat.org
> >> Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 5:23 PM
> >> I notice the RF control on the front
> >> of the rig.  I HOPE they allow menu control
> out RF
> >> output for each band.  Otherwise you are
> going to have
> >> an Icom 910 with HF/Six.  The TS-2000 does a
> nice job
> >> of allowing various power output levels to deal
> with amps,
> >> etc.  It would be a shame if they overlooked
> this
> >> important feature, for the second time.
> >> 
> >> Steve, N4JQQ
> >> 
> >> John Geiger wrote:
> >>     
> >>> I see that both the Icom 746PRO and the Icom
> 910H have
> >>>       
> >> been discontinued, and I am assuming that the Icom
> 9100 is
> >> the replacement for both of them. Any word yet on
> when it
> >> will be made available?
> >>     
> >>> 73s John AA5JG
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