[ICOM] Nothing new soon?

[John G.]

Got the new QST today. Kenwood has an ad on the back cover announcing that 
they will unveil a new HF rig at Dayton. Not Icom, but at least somebody has 
something new coming out.

73 John AF5CC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AD5PE" <ad5pe at sbcglobal.net>
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 1:54 AM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Nothing new soon?


> 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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