[amsat-bb] Icom IC-9700 in January 2019

[David J. Schmocker]

Ken:
I am also in queue to buy an IC-9700 as my first satellite rig.  Would you
please let me know how the ³remote controlling² plan progresses.
Due to limitations at my QTH, (I need to get above 18 meter tall trees to
see horizon); I need an orbital ring rotor for my satellite work.
With goals to work DX stations and WAS, portable operation isn¹t best
suited to meet my operating goals or maybe I need to relook at this and
build a portable operating trailer.
Interesting, I have been trying for six months to buy a ring rotator for
my existing 45G tower that I can also mount an elevation rotor on the back
(unbalanced load) for satellite antennas (already bought and in my
garage). 
Six months of trying (so far) and no rotor is on order because no-one can
meet the requirements.   I¹ve tried K0XG Systems, AlfaRadio (Spid),
TicRing, and ProSistel.

So remote controlling a station may be the way I have to go also.. Putting
up another tower has received XYL veto.

73,   CU on the birds soon.

Dave KJ9I

On 12/14/18, 6:59 PM, "AMSAT-BB on behalf of Kenneth P Alexander"
<amsat-bb-bounces at amsat.org on behalf of ve3hls at gmail.com> wrote:

>I have my eye on it to use as a remotely controlled station with the radio
>in FN03.  I would operate it from my home here in Thailand.  I'm not
>optimistic about the price in Canada.  However the IC-7300 is a reasonable
>price, so we'll see.
>
>I have to learn a lot about remotely controlling a rig first.
>
>73,
>
>Ken
>VE3HLS
>So Phisai,  Thailand
>Blog:  bueng-ken.com
>
>On Sat, Dec 15, 2018, 06:14 John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com wrote:
>
>> The Icom IC-9700 will be released in January 2019 in Japan for 188,000
>> yen ($1,657 USD).
>>
>> "Delivery times may vary, depending on the country or region." "The
>> IC-9700 is the perfect side-by-side companion to the IC-7300 HF radio.
>> They are the same size and have almost identical ergonomics. Using the
>> IC-9700 and IC-7300 creates an ideal, compact radio station covering
>> the HF, 144, 430 and 1200 MHz bands."
>>
>> https://qrznow.com/ic-9700-new-release/
>>
>> Who is getting one? :-)
>>
>> 73, John Brier KG4AKV
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