[VHFcontesting] Icom 9700 vs Icom X75 series

[Bruce Herrick]

Make a project out of it, Ron.  Send me a schematic and I'll do a PCB for it.

73,
Bruce WW1M

>
>The decoder board I made was for the Yaesu FT-991. 
>It provides separate TX gnd outputs for different bands 
>as well as outputs for coax relays to switch antennas. 
>The difference is Yaesu has parallel BCD band data, 
>ICOM has serial band data coming out. But that would 
>be fairly easy to implement with a serial in shift register 
>like a CD4094 and some glue logic. 
>-73 Ron WZ1V
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Bill Olson <callbill at hotmail.com>
>To: Crownhaven <crownhaven at bellsouth.net>,        "vhfcontesting at contesting.com" <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
>Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2020 19:32:08 +0000
>Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Icom 9700 vs Icom X75 series
>
>> Ron, WZ1V actually homebrewed the whole thing .. I saw a write up somewhere.. Ron??
>> 
>> bill
>> 
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>> From: VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting-bounces+callbill=hotmail.com at contesting.com> on behalf of Crownhaven <crownhaven at bellsouth.net>
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 7:00 PM
>> To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
>> Subject: [VHFcontesting] Icom 9700 vs Icom X75 series
>> 
>> I'm curious to hear from anyone who has transitioned from the Icom
>> 275/475 to the Icom 9700.  I've been using the 275/375/475 with great
>> success but they are old radios.  No idea if an upgrade would be worth
>> it.  I do find it strange that Icom continues to provide only one ACC
>> port which makes keying, etc., amplifiers on all three bands
>> problematic.  I might also ask if anyone makes a break-out box that
>> solves THAT problem.
>> 
>> Regarding 1296, I'm using an DEMI 50 watt transverter for that band and
>> would hate to have to buy a 1296 amp to compliment the 9700's 10 watts.
>> 
>> Any experiences, thoughts, hello's from old friends appreciated.
>> 
>> Steve, N4JQQ, EM55BD, six - 2.3
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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