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.
73s JOhn AA5JG
--- On Thu, 11/19/09, Crownhaven crownhaven@bellsouth.net wrote:
From: Crownhaven crownhaven@bellsouth.net Subject: Re: [VHF] Icom 9100 release date? To: "John Geiger" aa5jg@yahoo.com Cc: icom@mailman.qth.net, vhf@w6yx.stanford.edu, amsat-bb@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
John Geiger wrote:
I see that both the Icom 746PRO and the Icom 910H have
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?
73s John AA5JG
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