[ICOM] Icom 9100

[John Geiger]

Does it have a real time bandscope?  It does do true dual receive on SSB/CW,
something the TS2000 doesn't, and something even the 7600 doesn't.  Wish it
had narrower roofing filters.

73s John AA5JG

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 2:28 PM, Adam Farson <farson at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> >From what I am seeing on the IC-9100 group, the radio is doing quite well
> and none of the new owners are complaining about its packaging. Its
> appearance differs from that of the old 746Pro in a number of ways - in
> particular, its screen is much larger and its controls are differently laid
> out. The rounding of the front-panel edges is in line with other current
> Icom radios.
>
> Cheers for now, 73,
> Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On
> Behalf Of paul glassman
> Sent: 13-Apr-11 08:00
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Icom 9100
>
> I looked at the specs and options on HRO and Universal. It looks like a
> terrific rig, however with d-star 1.2 gig and roofing filters  $5k?, I dont
> know about that. Built in rtty is no major deal.  Like I said, it looks
> like
> a nice package, however a ts2000x and computer software for less than $2k
> will do about the same. From a marketing standpoint, it looks like an
> ic-746. Now I realize it's not, but why would they want to market a $5k rig
> that looks like their former 746 that now sells for $700 used. A marketing
> blunder.                              My uneducated expert opinion. 73
>  Paul
> w8jn
>
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