[ICOM] New Icom rig

[STeve Andre']

Yaesu makes some gear that covers 220MHz, but almost as an afterthought.
They have (or had?) some HT's that cover it also.  And, the new Chinese
entry, Wouxun, has some 220 HT's.

You're right about 220 being Region 2, so we'll never see much 220
gear--remember Icom's wonderful x75 line, which included 220?
*sigh*

902 is Region 2 as well.  Of course 902 is a garbage band in the US.

It would certainly be nice if Icom made a modular radio, and opened
the specs up, for modules they didn't want to do...

--STeve Andre'
wb8wsf  en82

On 01/04/11 19:45, Jim Lowman wrote:
> While 220 and 902 coverage would be nice, 220 is a ham band only in
> region 2, so there's no domestic market for it in JA nor, do I believe,
> in EU.
> Not sure about 902 MHz.
>
> The only Japanese-manufactured radios that have 220 coverage (that I'm
> aware of) is the TH-F6A handheld and a mobile by Alinco.  Both are FM only.
>
> 73 de Jim - AD6CW
>
> On 1/4/2011 2:37 PM, Stephen Budensiek wrote:
>> Hello,
>>      I'm curious, is this basically a IC-910 with HF added?  I see no
>> 220 or 902 stuff, too bad.   My big question, is the band scope like
>> say the 706, a few blocks across the bottom, or does it show real
>> signal info, such as the 756 series?   Guess I'm asking too many
>> questons, we'll see more when it actually comes out.
>>
>> 73's de Stephen, K0SD in TX
>>
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