[Yaesu] Yes the Icom 7200 at Dayton A Big Disappointment!!!

[Dave Edwards]

Depends on who you talk to. 
FM on two meters yes, but I have no need for it at all on 6 through 160.
...Dave


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerry Pement" <ve7bgp at shaw.ca>
To: <yaesu at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:17 PM
Subject: [Yaesu] Yes the Icom 7200 at Dayton A Big Disappointment!!!


> Hello Fellow Yaesu Users
>  Where's FM on the new IC-7200? Kenwood has only 2 HF rigs now nothing 
> new from Kenwood at Dayton. I was shocked by the omission of that mode. 
> FM was missing on the IC-718. Prior to the IC-718 every other Icom 
> introduced in the past 1/4 Century had FM mode. Even the venerable old 
> IC-740 had  FM as a option. Available as a option also in the IC-745 and 
> low end Rigs IC-725-707. Higher end rigs and the great old IC-735 all 
> had FM Mode standard equipment.  What good is having coverage on 6 
> Meters and completely MISS THE BOAT on the new IC-7200 by leaving off 
> the FM Mode? That 7200 will be Icom's First Rig to have 6 Meters and 
> leave off FM Mode.   Even Icom's old IC-726 & IC-728 early HF/6 Meter 
> rigs had FM standard equipment! Even the Venerable Old Yaesu FT-757GX 
> included FM as Standard Equipment and that Classic Celebrates it's 25th 
> Birthday this Month. I think it was introduced at Dayton '83 and first 
> Advertised in June '83 Issue of TCA Mag. Canada's equivalent of QST Mag. 
> at that time put out by CARF. The "New" IC-7200 is not gonna create much 
> excitement, and is not very New by leaving off the Important *FM mode 
> for 6 Meter operators. *I'm afraid Yaesu these days are offering Hams 
> more than Icom in the lower end of rigs. I thought that new IC-7200 was 
> something exciting when I first saw the Photos at the Tokyo Ham Fair 
> event last August. That IC-718 is now very Stale on the market is now 
> out gunned with Yaesu's FT-450 and FT-897D offerings doing so well in 
> the "Affordable" market. That excitting new FT-950 Yaesu introduced at 
> the same time as the IC-7200 was Talked About and is still only "Talked 
> About", was on the Dealers Shelves and in shacks 6 weeks weeks later. 
> Read its very favorable March 2008 QST Review. Was the IC-7200 shown at 
> Dayton even working Yet??? or just a stagnant display Item! Another 
> year? Waiting For What ICOM? Missing FM Mode?? before that rig see 
> Dealer Shelves. That FT-950 is giving the now getting stale "Trouble 
> Prone" TX and Display Backlight failure's Galore IC-746Pro a good run 
> for It's Money. So far no major Reliability Problems have cropped up on 
> the new FT-950 like the Dead TX issue of the IC-746 Pro. I am afraid 
> Yaesu today has become No 1 in the marketplace.
> 73
> Gerry VE7BGP
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