According to the AES website both the 746PRO and the 910H are listed as closeouts, and Gigaparts doesn't even list the 746PRO for sale any longer.
The 9100 will up the ante on the TS2000 by doing dual receive and allowing for optional roofing filters to be installed for HF/6m.
73s John AA5JG
--- On Thu, 11/19/09, David - KG4ZLB kg4zlb@googlemail.com wrote:
From: David - KG4ZLB kg4zlb@googlemail.com Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: Icom 9100 release date? To: amsat-bb@amsat.org Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009, 9:20 PM Although there has been some talk about various models being discontinued, both the 910 and the756ProII are still very much evident on the Icom America website!
The 9100 is billed as a satellite transceiver (I mean it does has a little button on it marked "satellite", so it must be....yes?) but in essence its a TS2000 clone (a shack in a box) and my fear is that because it has so many features packed in to it, its only going to be as good as its weakest component.
I will wait for those operators with vastly deeper pockets than mine to give it a thorough shakedown before I would consider trading in my trusty 910 - after all, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it!"
Sometimes I think we are a bit guilty of being "rig tarts" (quaint English saying meaning to be enamoured of the next shiny box that comes along to the detriment of our existing gear!)
-- David KG4ZLB www.kg4zlb.com
Howard Kowall wrote:
Hello I believe it's the IC756 ProIII that has been
discontinued not the 746pro
and Is the 9100 actually a Satellite transceiver. I havent seen any proof of full duplex operation and
doppler control
thanks Howard VE4ISP
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