Emory,
How do you like the FT991 overall? Did you have any problems with it? The
eham.net reviews have quite a few were some failure occurred with the rig.
73 John AF5CC
On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 12:49 PM, WM3M <wm3m@live.com> wrote:
> Peter,
> I owned my IC-9100 for a couple years, sold my IC-910H to buy it. Both
> great rigs, I like the 9100 better, more features, etc. Biggest advantage
> I see with the 9100 over other rigs, like the FT-991 that I also have, is
> the satellite capability. Comparing the 9100 to the 991 on 2 meters and 70
> cm, they are similar in receive, 9100 does 100 watts on 2 meters. The HF
> part of the 9100 is basically an IC-7410. Also you can add 1296 to the
> 9100. For weak signal digital the USB sound card connection is very good, a
> few dB better than other external sound cards I have tried. It works very
> well on all digital modes, all K1JT modes, PSK, etc. Plus you can add
> DSTAR to the 9100.
> Overall I like it much better than the older 910H. Good luck, hope this
> helps some? 73
> Emory WM3M
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Peter Laws
> Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2016 11:17 AM
> To: vhf contesting
> Subject: [VHFcontesting] IC9100?
>
> Anyone have experience with the Icom IC9100? How does it compare to
> the earlier IC910? I currently have an IC746Pro (IC7400 in some
> markets) and was disappointed when the IC7410 shipped without 2m. I'd
> probably sell the 746Pro if I were to get a 9100 so I'd like to hear
> how well the 9100 does on HF as well (the 746Pro does pretty well!).
>
> Peter
>
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