[ICOM] Nothing new soon?

[AD5PE]

As far as I know, the last "FM only" mobile to have 6m (and 10m) was the
Yaesu FT-8900.  And it's 2/3rds the cost of an FT-857 which gets all mode
and all the rest of the HF bands, too.  Add in plenty of 706s, used FT-100
and FT-857s and IC-7000s (none of which are that pricy, especially used) and
I can see where it would be hard for a development team to justify adding 6
or 10 to a mobile and not making it all mode.

73,
Jay
AD5PE

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Anders Janis SM4RNA
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 09:51
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: [ICOM] Nothing new soon?

Hi all!

I think the three big reflectors are getting more and more quiet. Is there
nothing new on the way or has people left the reflektors for other media?

I think it's strange that Icom puts out new 2m och 70cm mobiles but no one
with 6m. Exept for the monobander 681, 6m mobile has't been arount since
IC-901.. And the 9100 fits bad into the modern cars. :)

de Anders SM4RNA
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