[amsat-bb] Re: [VHF] Icom 9100 release date?

[Crownhaven]

Would you rather have it in a menu or risk damaging your various 
amplifiers when you forget to adjust it for whatever input might be 
required?  This would be a moot point if you were going to run the rig 
barefoot and rove with it.  But, if you are a serious op who desires an 
amp on each band, having to adjust the control from band to band is a 
pain in the ass and a recipe for disaster.

John Geiger wrote:
> But if you put it in a menu then you will, of course, have everyone griping how the power control is in a menu, like they do for the FT950.
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> 73s JOhn AA5JG
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> --- On Thu, 11/19/09, Crownhaven <crownhaven at bellsouth.net> wrote:
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>> From: Crownhaven <crownhaven at bellsouth.net>
>> Subject: Re: [VHF] Icom 9100 release date?
>> To: "John Geiger" <aa5jg at yahoo.com>
>> Cc: icom at mailman.qth.net, vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu, amsat-bb at amsat.org
>> Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 5:23 PM
>> I notice the RF control on the front
>> of the rig.  I HOPE they allow menu control out RF
>> output for each band.  Otherwise you are going to have
>> an Icom 910 with HF/Six.  The TS-2000 does a nice job
>> of allowing various power output levels to deal with amps,
>> etc.  It would be a shame if they overlooked this
>> important feature, for the second time.
>>
>> Steve, N4JQQ
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>> John Geiger wrote:
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>>> I see that both the Icom 746PRO and the Icom 910H have
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>> been discontinued, and I am assuming that the Icom 9100 is
>> the replacement for both of them. Any word yet on when it
>> will be made available?
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>>> 73s John AA5JG
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