I belive it is a hoax. Hell... I was fooled by a website with a
annoucement of the "new" Yaesu FT 958.
I remember we had the same discussion before the Yaesu 857 came out.
What finally ended the hoax rumor was that someone found FCC
documentation on it on a FCC website.
So my suggestion is that keep looking through the FCC websites for
info on the "IC -7000". If nothing shows up in a week or two, then
it is a hoax. We will know for sure by the time April 1st or when
Dayton rolls around.
Since the rumor of the Yaesu FT 958 started out in Europe, and now
the IC-7000 is said to have started in Europe and that we are close
to April 1st. And Icom or the dealers have no information on it, and
there is no FCC data on it... I at this time belive it is a hoax.
Consider one of the sources
on this page both the IC 7000 and the Ft 958 are mentioned.
Bill in KY
W4KYR
--- In ic7000@..., "Clint Bradford" <clintbrad4d@e...>
wrote:
...the IC-7000 really exists or not...
A radio that will be built in Asia, and there's no mention in the
Asian trade mags...
A radio whose largest target market is North America, and Icom-
North
America knows nothing about it.
And to top it all off, a European magazine "scoops" the rest of
the
planet with this announcement?
