On 13 Aug 96 03:23pm, Matthew Sadler wrote to Tom Walker:
 TW>>  Yuo get what you pay for. For their Designed purpose those ICOMS are
 TW>> some of the Best. And as far as the 800 MHZ band "Grove" will change 
ne
 TW>> of the Chips and restore it fro $40 I have heard. And compaired to the
 TW>> origional cost that is a bargan. I assume you could do it yuorself IF
 TW>> you knew which one it was and how to get it.
 MS> That's true, but for the limited number of channels offered, and the
 MS> cost per channel, it seems excessive for my uses, which are more or
 MS> less casual monitoring, not important test use or something like that.
 Exactly. And there's a gem of wisdom often missed in our rush to own "the
 best".
 I have an ICOM R-7100. I also have (2) 2006's, (2) PRO-43's, a '34, and a
 '2022. Each one has it's own niche in my room (well, mostly ... one of the
 '43's is strictly a portable unit). The R-7100 will do things the '2006
 can't even think of doing, even if Bill Cheek were to put all his mods in
 it. Yet, the '2006s are used a *lot*, because they do what they do so very
 well.
 But, the trick is to get what fits your needs, not what someone else
 recommends.
Bill Funk:  Internet:  skypilot@starlink.com
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