Phil,
I read that the 7000 has a built-in rtty decoder.  I wonder if tht is 
something we'd be able to use.

Chris w1gm
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 10:58 PM
Subject: Re: ic7000


> Richard,
>
> I originally ordered, or was planning to buy, the IC 706 but the salesman
> at
> HRO told me that all the filtering I ordered would not have slots for them
> in the 706 so I'd have to pick out the two filters I wanted the most.
> However, he said, if I got the IC 7000 instead, all the filters I wanted,
> and more, plus the speech board, were standard in the radio.  In short, 
> the
> 706 is a stripped down model of the 7000 and because I in fact wanted all
> the crystaling I could get, I went for the 7000 and actually didn't spend
> any more money.  Of course, the 706 was about 925 dollars and with two
> additional crystal filters, it would have run about 200 dollars more is 
> all
> but I wanted all the extra filtering I could get.  So it cost me 1300
> dollars.  I do have the manual in print but you know what happens when all
> those graphics are stripped out and the text is lifted.  I mean, when they
> say a picture is worth a thousand words, for the blind guy trying to read 
> a
> stripped down version of the manual, truer words have never been spoken.
> I've learn a lot
> on my own, a little from the manual, and every so often, my youngest son
> comes over and looks something up in the manual to help me figure more 
> out.
> I haven't gotten into the menu structure yet, like with setting memories 
> and
> all, but I've read some and it won't take much to get it done.  I'm still 
> in
> the receive mode, sort of speak, and I can go any place, switch to any 
> mode,
> fine tune signals, check frequencies, signal strength, and everything one
> would need to know about receiving but I'm also learning short cuts to
> accomplish various functions concerning signal and band tuning and the 
> like.
> I'm getting my antenna back up this week so I'll have something better to
> listen on than a long wire and I plan on learning how to scan from the 
> panel
> settings and setting memories and how to get to them.  One thing that 
> makes
> life so much easier is the Millennium QSYer that I bought for 50 dollars
> from John Hansen.  That handles many front panel key commands but it
> doesn't, in and of itself, let you program memories, although you can type
> in a frequency and then put it into memory.  So, in short, every day, I
> learn something knew.  I also bought the desk microphone so I could scan 
> up
> and down from that in 5 Hz steps so that helps, too.  The VFO knob has 4
> settings.  One allows you to click unit by unit and that can be as low as 
> 1
> single Hz at a click.  It depends upon which mode you are in, sideband, 
> CW,
> and so on.  So in that manner, I'm able to scan through bands without
> touching the radio keys but you can scan from there as well and that is 
> the
> part I haven't learned to do as of yet.  There is an audible beep, and an
> audible click, inside the radio, at band edges, that is, at the top and
> bottom of each ham band.  That actually helps more than it seems just
> talking about it but it is also weird to put the VFO knob in the click 
> mode
> and the 1 Hz mode, and click it once from 7.0 and find you are up only one
> single Hz.  The other three knob settings allow for smooth tuning but with
> tension from high to medium to loose so you can really spin fast through 
> the
> bands or even jump to other bands with a small turn of the dial.  If you
> leave it in heavy tension setting, you aren't likely to bump the knob off
> frequency and fine tuning even becomes better.  So, I've just scratched 
> the
> surface and am looking forward to all the other features I haven't learned
> as of yet.  If a guy is looking for something simple to use, I mean, 
> pulling
> it right out of the box and plugging it in and calling CQ, the Icom 7000 
> is
> certainly not the radio you would want.  If I wanted that, I'd pull my Ten
> Tec Omni D out of the box over here, plug it in, and fire it up.  But
> digital everything has sparked my interest in recent years and if one is
> patient, it is a better way to go but it does change your way of operating
> and thinking before you start fiddling around with all the buttons.  I 
> love
> the crystal filter tuning and I've also had a lot of fun on the AM and FM
> broadcast bands tuning around, too.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Richard Fiorello" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 7:41 PM
> Subject: ic7000
>
>
>> Hi;
>> I have been interested in your progress with the ic7000.  I was initially
>> looking at a ts480 but after adding filters and speech I don't think 
>> there
>> is lots of difference in price.  How have you done navigating the menus?
>> Did the radio come with a speech board?  Did you need or want to buy any
>> extra filters?
>> Richard
>>
>>
>>
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