[VHFcontesting] ICOM

[Mike Betz]

TO ALL WEAK SIGNAL OPS: Now you know what ICOM really thinks about
you....Best ad for a Yaesu I have ever heard....hi de Mike K8ROX EN80ko
----- Original Message -----
From: "John K9IJ" <k9ij at vx5.com>
To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2003 7:58 PM
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] ICOM


> At 10:07 PM 4/18/2003 +0000, jon jones wrote:
> >"Vox Clamantis in Deserto" writes:
> >
> >>In the ad, Icom seems to take a dim view of VHF/UHF weak signal
operators:
> >
> >>"* HF or HF & 6M only.  Icom's engineers focused on the bands that
really
> >>mean the most to QRP operators. A VHF/UHF rig is called a HT!"
> >
> >>"A VHF/UHF rig is called a HT!" is actually italicized.  It is the only
> >>italicized text in the ad.
> >
> >I just received my May 2003 QST and saw the ICOM ad for the '703 too,
Ken.
> >6 Meters is a "VHF" band, ICOM! And there is considerable QRP activity on
> >2 Meters and up. I use an old IC-490A for QRP SSB/CW on 70 cm and have
worked
> >over 1,000 miles with it to Florida on tropo. It is definitely not "a
HT."
> >
> >Is is disappointing ICOM's ad writers would make such a statement. What
were
> >they thinking?
>
> Everybody going to Dayton should stop by the ICOM booth and explain to
them
> the definition of an HT, the fact that they haven't made a VHF/UHF SSB
'HT" in
> many years, and that the 703 has nothing really new to offer to the
> marketplace.
>
> JOhn - K9IJ
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