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wrote: laborkei wrote: I would like your opinion on your purchase? Positives and Negatives... Don't hold back. I'm not positive here but I don't think the 7000 is actually been fcc aproved yet. Butch & Laborkei- The FCC approved it on about November 15th. A week or so ago they started to trickle into the Ham stores. I got mine Wednesday at Amateur Electronic Supply. If you are familiar with the IC-706, then you will feel at home with the IC-7000. It is sort of the same radio, but with more features. One minor disappointment was that in order for the radio to be approved for importation into the U.S., Icom had to disable the feature where it can show standard television channels on its front LCD display. (In the U.S., it is illegal to have a radio in view of a driver that can display television.) The version that can, is apparently only available in Japan. It will be interesting to see if the radio can be easily modified to re-enable it. I'm just getting started learning how to set the radio up. I made one contact on Ten Meters on my way home from the radio store, but haven't done much more. I had a minor problem getting it to recognize an old AT-180 tuner, but that may have been the tuner's fault. Resetting the radio with tuner attached cleared the problem. The power connector is different from the one used in the IC-706. As far as I can tell, it is identical to the one used by the Kenwood TS-480. AES listed a part number for a cable with the older connector, but they may have corrected it by now. If you want latest in technology, the IC-7000 is the way to go. If you can do with fewer features to save some money, the IC-706 Mark IIg may be a better choice. 73, Fred, K4DII |
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