[PCR-1000] When can we expect the NEW PCR1000?

[R. J. Grasser]

Yep, they have made several serious mods/upgrades of late, and have promised
to fix any further "bugs" found at no cost to the owner.

I run everything in the shack under CAT control, so have to have "non-buggy"
hardware.

I recently un-packed my ancient FT-847 as I wanted to put that under CAT as
well even though its been in storage for nearly 10 years.

Yaesu USA did a total CPU change-out, and multiple upgrades for under
$150.00 for labour only (parts free).  Get that kind of service from ICOM?
Not likely!

Regards, RJ.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Declared_Hostile" <Declared_Hostile at rallstech.com>
To: "Discussion of PCR-1000 by Icom" <pcr-1000 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: [PCR-1000] When can we expect the NEW PCR1000?


> I had a VR-5000 too and sold it a few months later.  I've generally been
> happy with Yaesu gear but the VR-5000 was a real disappointment.  The
> reception wasn't in the class of my AORs and Icoms (or even Unidens) and
the
> whole radio felt like a prototype.  The mil-air band is my main monitoring
> target and the receiver did particularly poorly in that area.  The manual
> was really poorly written, it had an annoying hiss that came through the
> speaker and there seemed to be some buggy firmware.
>
> Mine was an early model though and I've heard that they have made
> improvements to later units.  It felt like a receiver that could have been
> something really special if they had just spent a little more time
refining
> it.
>
> DH
> Oderint dum metuant
> "Let them hate us, so long as they fear us."
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "kevin eiler" <kevineiler1982 at comcast.net>
> To: "Discussion of PCR-1000 by Icom" <pcr-1000 at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 12:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [PCR-1000] When can we expect the NEW PCR1000?
>
>
> >i had a vr5000 i was not happy with it in the milair 250-370 range poor
> >sen,hi band had intermod,but the hf bands were great no over loading like
> >my pcr.and yes yaesu was helpfull,unlike icom.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "R. J. Grasser" <rgrasser at frontiernet.net>
> > To: "Discussion of PCR-1000 by Icom" <pcr-1000 at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 6:33 AM
> > Subject: Re: [PCR-1000] When can we expect the NEW PCR1000?
> >
> >
> >> The Rochester (NY) hamfest had the same rumours about ICOM, plus tons
of
> >> negative comments about their mind-set in dealing with their customers.
> >>
> >> Outside of the lone PCR-1000 everything in my shack is Yaesu, and has
> >> been
> >> since the early 70's.  Yaesu has always given me (and others) terrific
> >> support even on some very old gear.
> >>
> >> I will probably off-load my PCR shortly, as I just ordered the Yaesu
> >> VR-5000
> >> rcvr (fully optioned).
> >>
> >> Regards, RJ
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Kwon2m" <kwon2m at att.net>
> >> To: "Discussion of PCR-1000 by Icom" <pcr-1000 at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Sent: Saturday, June 25, 2005 9:16 PM
> >> Subject: RE: [PCR-1000] When can we expect the NEW PCR1000?
> >>
> >>
> >>> There hasn't been any news, official or otherwise, about
> >>> a replacement for the 1000. No news about anything to take
> >>> the place of the R8500 either. For that matter, I haven't
> >>> seen any actual announcement that either of these receivers
> >>> have been discontinued, but that does seem to be the scuttlebutt.
> >>> The rumor mill at Dayton this year was that Icom may be betting out
> >>> of the wideband receiver market, although the handhelds seem to
> >>> be hanging in there for now. I, for one, sure hope the rumors are
> >>> wrong. Icom has produced some great radio toys in the wideband world
> >>> and I'd love to see them continue to do so in the future.
> >>>
> >>> John
> >>>
> >>> P.S. - the one GOOD rumor I heard at Dayton was that Ten Tec was
> >>> supposed to have a wideband receiver on the way. No idea is it
> >>> will be a black box computer controlled rig or a stand-alone.
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: pcr-1000-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> >>> [mailto:pcr-1000-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of DG8FAI
> >>> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 6:05 AM
> >>> To: Discussion of PCR-1000 by Icom
> >>> Subject: [PCR-1000] When can we expect the NEW PCR1000?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Have any news been released when the new/ replacement for the PCR1000
> >>> will
> >>> be available?
> >>>
> >>>
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