[VHFcontesting] Icom IC-9700 for Contesting

[mikflathead at aol.com]

So, what cost does the 9700 add to the radio? How many that don't want 1296 will not purchase it because of the cost? The 736 was in the age like cars where AC and power equipment was an option plus the 736 is a radio you can actually work on.


-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Laws <plaws0 at gmail.com>
To: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
Sent: Sun, Dec 5, 2021 10:15 am
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] Icom IC-9700 for Contesting

On Sun, Dec 5, 2021 at 8:17 AM Howard Reynolds <wa3eoq at gmail.com> wrote:
> I held
> out hoping that Yaesu would bring out an updated version of the 736.  That
> radio was much more user friendly (no menu upon menu) and had the PTT
> breakout built in.  It also had 222MHz capability.  I guess that's progress.


Sure, if you bought the 220-MHz module.

Icom has finally realized that making everything an option just
complicates their physical design, increases their costs, all while
while annoying customer, so no UX-9700 (or UX of much anything else.

The 8-pin ACC1 on the IC-9700 appears to be plug compatible with the
IC-910 (which likely means the IC-9100 as well) with the addition of
RTTY keying and the radio's ability to send IF out pin 5 in place of
AF.  Looks like it will send power down the coax for rx pre-amps, too,
like its predecessors.  Of course, those are on a menu, and we
certainly can't have that - guess it's not as good as 1980s
technology.  :eyeroll:

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Peter Laws | N5UWY | plaws plaws net | Travel by Train!
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