Hmm, I might check into it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 1:30 PM
Subject: Re: IC7000
> No, not yet, Gerry.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2011 5:38 AM
> Subject: Re: IC7000
>
>
>> Have you used the icon software?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 2:01 PM
>> Subject: Re: IC7000
>>
>>
>>> Gerry,
>>>
>>> I'm going to start with the Ham Radio Deluxe but I'll post to the list
>>> my
>>> experience as I get into it.
>>>
>>> Phil.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 4:04 AM
>>> Subject: Re: IC7000
>>>
>>>
>>>> Phil, I am right there with you. The thing that makes it harder is in
>>>> some
>>>> situations you can do the same thing several ways with the 7000. Which
>>>> software do you use with it?
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2011 11:06 AM
>>>> Subject: IC7000
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Trevor,
>>>>>
>>>>> If I was a lot younger, I'd have an easier time of remembering how to
>>>>> change
>>>>> features, and the like, on the radio. For now, I have purchased a
>>>>> netbook
>>>>> in order to load Ham Radio Deluxe, and if necessary, the Icom 7000
>>>>> software
>>>>> in order to get at the features to make changes that I keep forgetting
>>>>> now,
>>>>> haha. The audio settings on the 7000 is difficult to set due to the
>>>>> type
>>>>> of
>>>>> microphone that comes with the radio. I sent my hand microphone to a
>>>>> guy
>>>>> in
>>>>> Arkansas who modifies the microphone for about 40 dollars. This
>>>>> greatly
>>>>> improves the microphone but you have to turn the audio way back to
>>>>> keep
>>>>> from
>>>>> over modulating. I am mostly a CW operator and it by far has the best
>>>>> receiver in it for CW that I have ever own. The only real problem
>>>>> with
>>>>> the
>>>>> radio is not having enough documentation that is readable. I have the
>>>>> manual but it doesn't read well after being stripped of the graphics.
>>>>> It
>>>>> doesn't read well with the graphics either, haha. I keep notes on
>>>>> various
>>>>> sections because, unless you use a particular part of the radio often,
>>>>> it
>>>>> is, as I said, at my advanced age of 59, easy to forget. My youngest
>>>>> son,
>>>>> not a ham, comes over and looks up whatever part of the manual I am
>>>>> having
>>>>> trouble with and walks me through the menu settings required for
>>>>> whatever
>>>>> feature I am attempting to change. Then I write down step by step
>>>>> notes
>>>>> to
>>>>> remind myself if I forget.
>>>>>
>>>>> Phil.
>>>>> K0NX
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "Trevor Dawson" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 10:57 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: SWR readings on the IC7000
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Phil,
>>>>>> Thanks for that information, I have only had the IC7000 a little over
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> Month and I'm still finding ways to get out of trouble. Only this
>>>>>> morning
>>>>>> I
>>>>>> have ordered a Talking Watt meter looking forward to getting that.
>>>>>> I like the radio but it is very easy to press the wrong button when
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> menus
>>>>>> so any good hints of your experience with it would be good. In time I
>>>>>> will
>>>>>> solve some of the issues I am sure.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 73
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Trevor VK6YJ
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _____
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>>>>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>>>>> On Behalf Of Phil Scovell
>>>>>> Sent: Sunday, 3 April 2011 11:31 AM
>>>>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>>>>> Subject: Re: SWR readings on the IC7000
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Trevor,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a talking watt meter which reads the SWR but after 2.5 years
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> running the Icom 7000, I don't believe it can be set to read the SWR.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Phil.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>> From: "Trevor Dawson" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>>>> Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 8:33 PM
>>>>>> Subject: SWR readings on the IC7000
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hello All,
>>>>>>> Can the SWR bee read out on the IC7000? Other speech outputs are
>>>>>>> being
>>>>>>> read.
>>>>>>> I have a sighted person look at the manual but even he gets lost in
>>>>>>> there.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for any advice.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Trevor. VK6YJ
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> _____
>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>
>>
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