Hello,

I would like your opinion on your purchase?
Positives and Negatives... Don't hold back.

There are numerous discussion groups on the Internet, but they seem to be
controlled by the Moderators way to much in my opinion.
When a good thread is started, the stop it, or cut posters off from saying
what they think.

From what I have read so far, it looks pretty good, what do you think?


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laborkei wrote:
Hello,

I would like your opinion on your purchase?
Positives and Negatives... Don't hold back.

There are numerous discussion groups on the Internet, but they seem to be
controlled by the Moderators way to much in my opinion.
When a good thread is started, the stop it, or cut posters off from saying
what they think.

From what I have read so far, it looks pretty good, what do you think?


I'm not positive here but I don't think the 7000 is actually been fcc
aproved yet.

KF5DE

In article , Butch Magee
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

On 12/09/05 08:29 pm Fred McKenzie tossed the following ingredients into
the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

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.

Check the messages on the IC-7000 Yahoo! group. People claim to have
discovered and implemented the mods. for TV and for MARS. There are
photos as well. Each mod. consists of removing one small surface-mount
diode.

I don't have one of these rigs, but maybe some day...

"Perce P. Cassidy"

(aka Alan NV8A)

Thanks for posting a quick reply to your radio. I am curious, mostly,
of the comparison of the receive quality to other radios such as the
Icom 746PRO or the Yaesu Mark V field in the areas of being able to
utilize the DSP to reduce band noise, narrow in on weak signals,
selectivity to strong adjacent signals etc. If you have any input into
those areas I would appreciate hearing more.

Gary


Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
On 12/09/05 08:29 pm Fred McKenzie tossed the following ingredients into
the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

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.


Check the messages on the IC-7000 Yahoo! group. People claim to have
discovered and implemented the mods. for TV and for MARS. There are
photos as well. Each mod. consists of removing one small surface-mount
diode.

I don't have one of these rigs, but maybe some day...

"Perce P. Cassidy"

(aka Alan NV8A)

Fred McKenzie wrote:
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.

Let's see....the FCC didn't make them disable the TV video display on
the IC-R3, but they did make them disable it on the IC-7000? Someone
might think the FCC is capricious.

ICOM probably could have avoided the problem by simply leaving out the
"battery connections" instructions for the IC-7000. No one at the FCC
would have thought of the issue then.

Thanks for your comments, but there is good news !
If you join the Yahoogroups for IC7000, they have the information on how to
do the MARS and TV Mods that are very easy to do.


"Fred McKenzie" wrote in message
...
In article , Butch Magee
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

The FCC did not make them disable it, it was someone else.
If you look at the FCC website, the documentation from Icom included the TV
function.

It's really a moot point now, because everyone is mod'ing the radio now and
enjoying the TV feature.
It was easy to enable...


"Travis Jordan" wrote in message
m...
Fred McKenzie wrote:
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.

Let's see....the FCC didn't make them disable the TV video display on
the IC-R3, but they did make them disable it on the IC-7000? Someone
might think the FCC is capricious.

ICOM probably could have avoided the problem by simply leaving out the
"battery connections" instructions for the IC-7000. No one at the FCC
would have thought of the issue then.

laborkei wrote:
The FCC did not make them disable it, it was someone else.

That would be the lawyers.

Percival P. Cassidy wrote:
On 12/09/05 08:29 pm Fred McKenzie tossed the following ingredients into
the ever-growing pot of cybersoup:

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.


Check the messages on the IC-7000 Yahoo! group. People claim to have
discovered and implemented the mods. for TV and for MARS. There are
photos as well. Each mod. consists of removing one small surface-mount
diode.

I don't have one of these rigs, but maybe some day...

One day down the old log I will get me a 706 or 7000, used of course, us
old retired don't buy new anymore, might not live to make it all the way
through the manual.

KF5DE