Hi Adam.
US$1100 seems more reasonable to me. Like everyone
else, I'm anxious to see this little beast ! I will probably
try one out when they become available.
With any luck the IC-7000 will be based on the faithful
and robust IC-706 platform with the obvious circuitry
changes to accomodate IF DSP (way cool ! ) and the
other updates. And hopefully they will do thorough
testing before releasing it for sale. That would be in
contrast to Yaesu's recent trend of rushing new
products to market and letting us Hams be their
Beta testers :)
I personally believe that they have reached the elastic
limit of miniaturizing a 100 watt rig. Having a 100 watt
transmitter a few inches away from a VFO sythesizer
is tricky business, with greater chance of stray RF,
ground loops and the like. The FT-100 and FT-857
surpassed the limit in my experience, and it evidently
resulted in all sorts of problems. (I owned both and
had problems with both, as did many others.)
And how small do they need to make a mobile rig ?...
The user interface is getting silly. If you have anything
other than slender fingers you are in trouble. Reminds
me of the calculator watches that required you to use
a pen to poke at. I'll be content if the IC-7000 is
of a simlar size as the IC-706.
73 de Hugh VA3TO
Adam Farson wrote:
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Hi Hugh,
The USD 1474 price is the Japanese domestic MSRP. I would expect the US
"street" price to be around USD 1100.
The IC-7000 is a totally different "animal" than the FT-857D. It is a 100%
IF-DSP-based radio, whereas the FT-857D is an analogue design using crystal
filters and an optional AF-DSP add-on. The IC-7000 will probably not bee too
far behind the IC-746Pro (IC-7400) in overall performance.
Cheers for now, 73,
Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
-----Original Message-----
From: Huze@work [mailto:hduff@...]
Sent: 30 March 2005 10:34
To: ic7000@...
Subject: [ic7000] Re: IC-7000 pricing / availability
Seems likely to me that the timing would coincide perfectly for an
"unveiling" at Dayton.
The US$1474 pricetag, if that is indeed what it will be in N.A., is a bit
scary though. Albeit, the original 706 was up there when it first came out
but going by todays pricing and in comparison to the cost of a new FT-857D
at nearly half the price, I won't be lining up for an IC-7000.
I was thinking US$1K-ish myself.
73 de Hugh VA3TO
Adam Farson wrote:
2) The Japanese domestic price will be 10,000 to 20,000 Yen
higher than
that of the IC-706MKIIG, i.e. 148,000 to 158,000 Japanese Yen (USD
1474).
Ed Thierbach wrote:
3) ICOM will unveil the detailed specifications in the middle of
April,
and start delivery at the end of April or the beginning of May.
Do you know (or can you guess :-) ) if this is delivery just in Japan,
or does it include US as well. (Think "big Dayton splash". :-) )
73,
-Ed- AB8OJ
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