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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