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What follows are my personal impressions regarding the features and usability of this radio. This, in no way, should be viewed as an endorsement to purchase this radio nor is it intended to discourage anyone from buying it. I have no personal nor business relations with Icom (US, UK or Japan). These are simply thoughts offered to my fellow hobbyists who may be interested in purchasing this particular software or simply knowing more about it. A lot of hard work and effort has gone into the testing and writing of this review. I would appreciate it if every effort is made to keep this document whole with me as the original author. Of course, it doesn't hurt that this document is copyrighted and therefore protected by US law and international treaties governing intellectual property. Except for personal use, and for the sake of brief passages quoted in reviews and given appropriate credit, no part of this work may be reproduced in any forms or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the author. And if you want to share your thoughts about this review with me or have further questions, feel free to send e-mail. Thank you and enjoy!
Rich Wells |
| Channels | 1200 |
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| Scan Banks | 26 (dynamic) |
| Search Bands | 25 |
| Coverage | 150 kHz - 3.3 GHz |
| Scan | 30 chan/sec |
| Search | 100 step/sec |
| Steps | CW/SSB: 20/100/500 Hz, 1/5 kHz AM/NAM/WAM: 1/5/9/10/20/25/50/ 100/500 kHz FM: 5/6.25/10/12.5/20/25/ 50/100/500 kHz WFM: 10/50/100/500 kHz |
| Modes | AM/NAM/WAM FM/WFM/SSB/CW |
| Sensitivity | As specified in the manual: 0.2 - 0.49998 MHz 0.5 - 1.79998 MHz 1.8 - 3.99998 MHz 4.0 - 29.99998 MHz 28.0 - 29.99998 MHz 30.0 - 1999.99998 MHz 2000.0 - 2599.99998 MHz AM/CW/SSW = 10dB S/N FM/WFM = 12dB SINAD |
| Conversion | Triple (WFM) Quadruple (all others) |
| IFs | 1 = 614 MHz 2 = 45.775 MHz 3 = 10.7 MHz 4 = 455 kHz |
| Priority | 1 channel |
| Search skip | TBD |
| Auto-Store | Yes |
| S-meter | Yes |
| Delay | Per channel |
| Lockout | Per channel |
| Attenuator | Yes |
| Lock | Yes |
| Tone codes | No |
| Computer intf | Yes, RS-232 |
| Rotary control | Yes |
| Channel count | No |
| Data skip | No |
| Clock | Yes |
| Timers | On, Off, Alarm, Sleep |
| Weather | No |
| Weather Alert | No |
| Light | Display |
| Power | 13.5V DC, 700mA |
| Audio | 1.0 W typical |
| Size | 7.1"(W) x 2.7"(H) x 8"(D) 180 (W) x 70 (H) x 203 (D) |
| Weight | 4.2 lbs/1.9kg |
| Memory | Non-volatile |
| Category | Score | Out of |
|---|---|---|
| Sensitivity | 25 | 25 |
| Selectivity | 15 | 15 |
| Interference rejection | 20 | 20 |
| Coverage | 90 | 90 |
| Channels | 15 | 15 |
| Channels per bank | 15 | 15 |
| Ease of use | 0 | 20 |
| Scan/Search speed | 0 | 10 |
| Receive modes | 15 | 15 |
| Step sizes | 20 | 25 |
| Conversion | 10 | 10 |
| Audio | 20 | 20 |
| Antenna | 0 | 20 |
| Construction | 20 | 20 |
| Size | 10 | 15 |
| Search | 30 | 35 |
| Attenuator | 20 | 20 |
| Auto-store | 5 | 20 |
| Search frequency lockout | 10 | 15 |
| Backlight | 15 | 30 |
| Alpha-tagging | 20 | 20 |
| VFO | 10 | 10 |
| Squelch tail | 10 | 10 |
| Priority | 5 | 20 |
| Delay | 10 | 15 |
| Hold | 10 | 10 |
| Rotary Control | 10 | 10 |
| S-meter | 10 | 10 |
| Power-on resume | 10 | 10 |
| Computer Interface | 5 | 20 |
| Tone Decode | 0 | 15 |
| Battery indicator | 5 | 10 |
| Channel count | 0 | 5 |
| Tape record control | 0 | 5 |
| Clock | 0 | 5 |
| Timers | 0 | 5 |
| Weather programmed | 0 | 5 |
| Weather alert | 0 | 5 |
| Data skip | 0 | 5 |
| Bank delete | 0 | 5 |
| Bank sort | 0 | 5 |
| Total | 475 | 670 |
| Total | 71 | 100 |
May 13, 2004
| Copyright © 2010 by Richard J. Wells |
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