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Re: [VHFcontesting] Icom 9700

To: "Steve (K1IIG)" <stephen.tripp@snet.net>
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Icom 9700
From: Mark Spencer <mark@alignedsolutions.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 16:29:04 -0800
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The pragmatist in me is happy to see interest in continuing to offer SSB / CW 
radios that cover frequencies over 144 MHz.   But yes coverage of bands such as 
222 MHz and 902 MHz would be nice.

73

Mark S

VE7AFZ

mark@alignedsolutions.com
604 762 4099

> On Nov 23, 2017, at 3:28 PM, Steve (K1IIG) <stephen.tripp@snet.net> wrote:
> 
> What I would like to see is the bottom 4 bands plus 1296 as an option but do 
> not expect it to happen. Regarding the 9700 my concern is will they have 
> power setting per band plus will it have a transverter I/O for adding the 
> upper bands. In the mean time I will stay with my modified 
> TS-2000x  plus my Anan-10. 
> 
> 73's
> Steve
> HF-3g +10g,
> Beacons 
> 222.060
> 432.320
> 2304.320
> FN31NL
> 
> 
> MY first though when I saw this announced a few months ago ?
> 
> ..if this is a SDR based direct-sampled radio, there is absolutely NO
> reason why they could not have a software load for the US/Canada market
> that allows the radio to operate on 222 MHZ !  Maybe they would have to add
> an extra filter or something, but I doubt it would be anything major that
> they couldn't of worked out during the initial design phase.
> 
> -W9RM
> 
> Keith J Morehouse
> Managing Partner
> Calmesa Partners G.P.
> Olathe, CO
> 
> On Thu, Nov 23, 2017 at 6:52 AM, Buddy Morgan via VHFcontesting <
> vhfcontesting@contesting.com> wrote:
> 
>> If you have not done so already, do a Google search for Icom IC 9700. -
>> Buddy WB4OMG
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