Hey I am not trying to say that the Icom is a better radio, I am just
listing the things I like about it. If I didn't have one when the Kenwood
590 came out I would probably buy one of those.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 6:22 AM
Subject: Re: icom 7000?
>I sure can't say anything negative about the TS-2000.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 7:56 AM
> Subject: Re: icom 7000?
>
>
>> You can not read many of the functions. The only thing that the speech
>> tells you is the frequency, Mode, and S metter reading. The microphone
>> will
>> let you enter frequency and some other things, but you will need sighted
>> help to set it up. I think you might want to look at both radios if you
>> can
>> before getting one.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Justin Mann" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 27, 2011 4:07 AM
>> Subject: Re: icom 7000?
>>
>>
>>> Hi there,
>>> You mentioned that you were able to do some functions on the ic7000 mic.
>>> Once you figured out the microphone buttons, how accessible does the
>>> radio
>>> beome? What can't you do with this radio that you'd lie to be able to
>>> do?
>>> On Dec 26, 2011, at 10:38 PM, Gerry Leary wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have an Icom 7000. I like it a lot. One thing that I like is that
>>>> you
>>>> can access many of the functions through the Microphone. You can
>>>> directly
>>>> enter a frequency, You can change modes, you can change bandwith, you
>>>> can
>>>> search up and down the band and you can querry the speech for frequency
>>>> mode
>>>> and S. meter reading. On transmit you can query the Transmit
>>>> frequency.
>>>> I
>>>> also like the fact that all filtering and speech are built in and you
>>>> don't
>>>> have to buy anything extra. If menu access is what you want get the
>>>> Kenwood, but if you can get a little sighted help, and you memorize
>>>> some
>>>> button sequences, you will do very well with the icom.essage -----
>>>> From: "Justin Mann" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Monday, December 26, 2011 8:19 PM
>>>> Subject: icom 7000?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Hi there,
>>>>> Has anybody ever used the ic7000 radio from icon? Realizing that it
>>>>> is
>>>>> a
>>>>> compromise with accessibility since you don't hear menus spoken like
>>>>> in
>>>>> the Kenwood, is it worth the money, or is it better to get a ts2000?
>>>>> Thanks
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