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

[Kenneth P Alexander]

Hi Dave,

Don't hold your breath waiting for me to set up a remote station.  A lot of
things have to happen first.  If the radio is too expensive that'll kill
everything before I get started.  I also have to secure a location first.
And then there's the problem that I live 12 time zones away from where I
want to set up the radio.  I'll be lucky to have it going before summer
2019.

All that said, I will most likely buy a pair of Remoterig boxes to use as
the interface to the internet.  Their equipment has been around for a while
and they seem to know Icom equipment pretty well.

73,
Ken
VE3HLS
So Phisai, Thailand
Blog:  bueng-ken.com

On Sat, Dec 15, 2018, 10:39 David J. Schmocker <kj9idave at charter.net wrote:

> 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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