To be fair, the stock 9100 covers 12 bands over two decades of RF. I have to
admit I share some disappointment that 222 (and 33cm while we're dreaming)
can't be included in a $1500-$2000 dedicated V/U radio. I guess Big Radio is
in league with the transverter industry!
Speaking of which... let me fork this thread off on a related topic... how many
people here use a rig with native VHF/UHF coverage of 144/432/1296 for weak
signal work, as opposed to off-board transverters? I'm not holding my breath
on direct conversion UHF radios, so frequency conversion has to happen
somewhere, right? But I can see either philosophy: 1) the radio manufacturer
gets the best prices, an army of engineers, and knows their system the best...
or 2) the transverter people aren't constrained by cost vs. mass market appeal,
physical space, etc.
Patrick
KB8DGC
-----Original Message-----
>Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2018 11:32:10 -0600
>From: Peter Laws <plaws0@gmail.com>
>To: VHF Contesting <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
>Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Icom IC-9700 Release Date
>
>On Fri, Dec 14, 2018 at 9:47 PM N6Ze via VHFcontesting
><vhfcontesting@contesting.com> wrote:
>>
>> And 135 cm (222-225mhz )?? Hahaha
>
>Icom finally decides to put L-band in as the default (meaning no need
>to leave room for and then design a removable module as on previous
>radios) and ... people complain because there is no 222 MHz band.
>
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