[TenTec] FT-2000

[Steven Moore]

icom might get that thing right in pro7. lol

Steve  wd0ct

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Tippett" <btippett at alum.mit.edu>
To: <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 4:57 PM
Subject: [TenTec] FT-2000


> 
> Anyone notice Yaesu's FT-2000 on
> the inside rear cover of June QST?  If you
> look very carefully with a magnifying glass,
> you will see it sports a 3 kHz roofing filter,
> just like the FTdx9000.  Now that the IC-7800
> has added a 3 kHz filter to its original
> complement of 6 kHz and 20 kHz, can a
> 756 PRO IV be far behind?  If the FT-2000
> is targeting the PRO III, this will be an
> absolute must for Icom to stay in the game.
> 
> Do some of you guys remember...
> just 3 years ago on this reflector...one of the
> Icom zealots boldly told us that Mr. Inouye,
> CEO of Icom, said there would likely
> never be any more crystal filters in Icom
> DSP radios?  How truth and facts change
> opinions!  Now the IC-7800 has not one
> but 3 different roofing filters!  ;-)  (and they
> still cannot approach the close-spaced IMD
> performance of Orion).
> 
> I cannot find any detailed specs
> on the FT-2000 but I'll bet more info will
> be released at Dayton.
> 
> 73,  Bill  W4ZV
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