[Premium-Rx] New professional receiver from Icom soon ?

[Gary - N3JPU]

What about all the Gov't agencies using R-7000's, R-7100's, R-8500's?
Although they were relatively low cost they were used by other than
hobbyist, so wouldn't that classify them as a "professional" receivers?

Gary Mitchelson
N3JPU Montgomery Co. MD  FM19
USAF MARS and SHARES: AFA1PU/AFF1MD/AFF1M
MD/DC State MARS Director 
http://www.mitchelson.org/ 

-----Original Message-----
From: premium-rx-bounces at ml.skirrow.org
[mailto:premium-rx-bounces at ml.skirrow.org] On Behalf Of Mac McCullough
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 08:50
To: Sig346 at netscape.net; Bernt-Ivan Holmberg; premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org
Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] New professional receiver from Icom soon ?


So you didn't like the Icom R-9000  or 9000L   that's a shame,   I however 
did think it was " PROFESSIONAL "   mac/mc  w5mc



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From: <Sig346 at netscape.net>
To: "Bernt-Ivan Holmberg" <bepp at algonet.se>; <premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 5:05 AM
Subject: RE: [Premium-Rx] New professional receiver from Icom soon ?


> Gentlemen,
>
> ICOM has never built professional receivers. The only professional 
> grade equipment they build are cheap VHF handheld transceivers.