Yo! Bill:
Monday August 19 1996 15:50, Bill Funk wrote to Bill Cheek:
 BF>>> The R-7100 will do things the '2006 can't even think of doing, even
 BF>>> if Bill Cheek were to put all his mods in it.
 BC>> Is that 'wishful thinking', a hope and a prayer, or....for real?
 BF>  Ah! Never actually laid hands on one, huh?
Yeah, I've messed with 'em.  The R-7000 is........ ummmm..... nice.  Very 
nice.
 BF> Just one example: I can do two different types of scan/search at once
 BF> (well, sequentially, actually).
  Yes?  So can it on my Turbowhopper PRO-2004's and PRO-2006's.  Piece 
of cake, actually............
 BF> I can scan any list of frequencies (and log hits, if I want to),
Ditto.  Me, too.  The logging consists of:
channel, frequency, mode, delay status, lockout status, date, duration of 
hit, and then a number of optional data, including signal strength.   :-)
 BF> and also, in rotation, search a band, also logging hits if I want to.
Ditto.
 BF> IOW, the radio will do the scan, do the search, do the scan, do the
 BF> search, etc.
Ditto.
 BF> I've not seen the capability with a '2006.
Ahhhhhhhhhhhh, that's what makes Life so cool.  There are always such sweet 
and wonderful surprises.
 BF> I have *2* of them. I'm not in any way putting down the 2006.
I know that.   :-)
 BF> Nor am I trying to diminish what you can do with them.
I know that, too.  You need never mention it again.  Like I would not put you 
or your R-7000 down.  You and it are too high quality for that.   :-)
But my TurboWhoppers will still kick a R-7000's patooty in many, many ways. 
Not all.  But a lot.  :-)
 BF> I bought to fill my needs/wants. The Icom will do things I couldn't
 BF> do another way. It's overkill for the vast majority of scanning,
 BF> especially when it comes to cost.
THAT is the killer.   I'd like to have one.  But some dude on the Internet is 
selling three of 'em, new in the box, pre-April 1984, for $1000 a pop.  Geez, 
for a kilobuck, I can MAKE a radio machine about as good in many ways, and 
better in  most.
 BF> But sometimes there's just no other way to do what I want to do.
I know.......  it's the only "game in town", sometimes.
 BF> Besides, I have too much money, and needed to spend some of it! ;-)
I understand.  I hear of people like that once in a while.  It kind of keeps 
me trucking on the narrow and righteous path.
:-)
Bill Cheek | Internet: bcheek@cts.com | Compu$erve: 74107,1176
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