Radio’s

In my rekindled interest in radio’s, I started orienting on equipment. I focused on Yeasu, Icom and Kenwood, among others. The Yeasu 991A in particular was attractive because it is an all-band / all mode device.

On the other hand, the Icom devices are also very good. Especially the display is faster and better looking. They also can produce more power:

  • IC-7300 – produces
    • HF and 50 MHz
      • SSB/CW/RTTY/FM – 2~100Watt
      • AM – 1~25 Watt
    • 70 MHz
      • SSB/CW/RTTY/FM – 2~50 Watt
      • AM – 1~12,5 Watt
  • IC-9700 – produces
    • 144 MHz band
      • SSB/CW/RTTY/FM – 0,5~100 Watt
      • AM – 0,125~25 Watt
    • 430 MHz band
      • SSB/CW/RTTY/FM/DV/DD – 0,5~75 Watt
      • AM – 0,125~18,75 Watt
    • 1200 MHz band
      • SSB/CW/RTTY/FM/DV/DD – 0,1~10 Watt
      • AM – 0,025~10 Watt

The combination of these two icom sets cover all bands and then some: the satellite range in the 1.2 GHz band is covered as well. I ended up choosing and buying these two sets.

iCom 7300

The first one is this one, for the lower bands: the icom 7300:

iCom 9700

For 2 meter, 70 and 23 cm: the iCom 9700: