[Fourlanders] Icom 905

[Mike / K5JR]

Somewhere there must be a story about Icom getting disciplined or sideways with customer/country. 

Icom used to be a big supporter of the 220-225 (now 222-225) band. There were numerous FM offerings from Icom, Kenwood, Yaesu and Standard back in the 70’s and 80’s. Now essentially only Alinco along with some Chinese handhelds. But no new multimode radios. 

tnx
Mike / K5JR
Alpharetta GA

On Aug 19, 2022, at 11:09 AM, Ron Rogers <ww8rr at charter.net> wrote:


Here we go again…… Icom screwing up a potentially very nice multi-VHF band radio by leaving out the 220-225 MHz band capability !!
 
All of ITU Region 2 has allocations for 220-225 MHz, with the exception of the US & Canada (222-224). I would think there would be sizable marketing interest in all of SA, US, and Canada for a SDR covering the 1.25M band. 
Just because Japan does not have that frequency band allocation, they won't even consider it as a feature in these radios.
 
Ron
WW8RR
 
From: Fourlanders [mailto:fourlanders-bounces+ww8rr=charter.net at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kim
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2022 9:44 AM
To: Fourlanders
Subject: [Fourlanders] Icom 905
 
Check it out.
 
https://www.dx-world.net/new-icom-905-transceiver/
 
73, Kim - WG8S
 
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