Well you know what happened with the KPA1500, nothing said until it was
shown. And you know what was said about the K4, nothing said or shown
until Hamvention. They are very good at keeping things under wraps.
I figure that ICOM has shown their hand of cards while Eric and Wayne
are sitting back smiling. Nothing better than a good poker face.
73
Bob, K4TAX
On 9/2/2019 12:51 PM, Paul Van Dyke wrote:
I will stand on a soapbox and say it now, Wayne, Eric and the rest of
the crew have been very very quiet. That should make you think........
Paul KB9AVO
On Mon, Sep 2, 2019, 11:51 AM Bob McGraw K4TAX <rmcg...@blomand.net
<mailto:rmcg...@blomand.net>> wrote:
Announced at Tokyo Ham Fair....
https://qrpblog.com/2019/08/icom-ic-705-hf-vhf-uhf-portable-transceiver-announced/
And several other places if you google it.
Will compete with the KX2/KX3....
30kHz to 144MHz + 70cm band
10w on 13.8v, 5w on internal battery
nice panadapter/sweep that they use in 7300, touch screen
tad bit bigger than a kx3.
includes bluetooth, wireless LAN, etc.
Two interesting quotes:
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The system architecture is direct-sampling SDR below 25MHz and
down-conversion IF sampling for frequencies of 25MHz and above.
This is
obviously the biggest differentiator in this class, while competitors
such as Elecraft KX3 & KX2 / Xiegu X5105 / Yaesu FT-817 & FT-818 use
older inferior technology. As learned from the Icom IC-7300 a few
years
back, the mix of performance, features and affordability brought by
direct-sampling SDR is a sure bet.
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The Icom IC-705 is expected to be available around March 2020. No
word
yet on price, but the sub-US$1000 mark shouldn’t be too hard to hit.
73
Bob, K4TAX
On 9/2/2019 10:43 AM, Petr, OK1RP/M0SIS wrote:
> Hi,
>
> it looks like they’re going after the KX3...
> If it will be as bad as 7300 then we can stay calm and keep our
KX3 in
> peace. hi
> It is too big for backpacking btw...
>
>
>
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