KB1KIX
05-01-2007, 02:24 PM
OK, whether you go or not, there is almost always some neat products unveiled at Dayton.
This is my first time going - and most of my time will not even be at Hara (QRP Four Days in May!!!).
I am looking to see some new radios, like....
Ten Tec Omni VII - neat rig! #Seems to live up to the tradition, but.... methinks it's a little too close in price to the Orion II (one of them is in my not too distant future).
Kenwood and Yaesu seem to be taking a step backwards in design and creating radios that look like some older mobiles.
Kenwood has a new dual bander the TM-V71A. #This is the one that caused marketing confusion with all their advertisements being upside down in the magazines. #The purpose for the ad in that fashion was they were trying to demonstrate that you can have this radio with the speaker on the top, or bottom by flipping the face plate. #Which, when you think of it, could’ve been done so long ago! #It’s a dual band radio with ten dedicated echolink memory channels as well as echolink sysop mode. #Connect to your pc via the optional cable kit – seems interesting (though I’m not much of an echolink kinda guy.
This radio, interesting enough, looks like their older radios (remember the tribanders you could have 2M, 1.25M and 75cm? #Really looks a bit like those radios.
Yaesu has a new compact HF radio (FT-450, FT-450A with built in ATU-450 autotuner) that looks like an older radio (kinda). #No flashy display or anything, but seems to be a neat HF/50MHz 100 watt all mode radio. #This radio has many of the features that you’d expect in an HF radio but has a built in function for those with visual disabilities – Digital Voice Announcement..
Built in digital voice recorder, CW Beacon, amongst others. #The picture of this rig looks like there is an RS232 port in the back. #This is rather interesting….. since you think we’d go USB by now! #I wonder about mobile HF radios without the option for VHF/UHF. #After owning a 706MKIIG for several years now, I don’t think I’d want to have multiple radios when I can have one radio do it all. #I questioned that with the Kenwood 480.
Yaesu has another new radio that has some interest, the FTM-10R. #This is a dual band radio that seems to be a bit more ruggedized mix between an HT and a mobile. #Looks kind of like a military FT-90. #This radio seems to be able to be operated from the front panel alone (lower power). #This was interesting, since I wondered about how it would seem operating a radio from the removable face. #Very interesting. #
There is a neat innovation here on this radio as it’s the first I’ve seen with a Bluetooth option. I wonder what wireless speakermic will be an option. Maybe something like we use on our cellphones? This can be a great direction for other manufacturers since many states now have driving and cell phone use laws on the books.
This is a 40W radio that can be mounted on your “toy” vehicles like a snowmobile, ATV, etc. #Looks like it would make a decent radio for those that have radios mounted on a motorcycle. #Nice blue screen on this one!
Icom has a new IC-2820H dual band mobile that has a few neat features. #D-Star isn’t so new now (this is an upgradeable feature). #But the GPS features are neat. #GPS built in (I don’t think this is optional, but I’ve only seen their current advertisement) The GPS displays latitude and longitude, compass heading etc. and can allow you to connect to a PC for map plotting and such.
As mentioned above with Yaesu – we’re back to the legacy RS232! #It’s time they actually just started making these things USB!!!! #Like the Kenwood TV-V71A – this radio is a dual color radio. #This you can switch between green and amber. #
Look at this one closely if you’re considering it – the dual band seems more like dual receive and transmit on one side – so no dual VFO’s on this one! #
One thing I’m looking for since I’m going to be in the market for a new HF base radio soon, is the Hilberling PT-8000. #This is from a German manufacturer that I have not heard from before. #This radio does remind me of another German company, Rohde and Schwarz. #Has a similar look and feel. #If it performs anywhere in the same category, this can a HUGE contender. #
This radio was conceived by a ham, Hans Hilberling, DK7LG, who envisioned the perfect radio for his shack as having a single, high quality transmitter, 2 receivers, VHF operation with equal performance to the HF side of the radio. #It’s frequency range must be easily expandable through the use of transverters and have independent sideband operation. #Analog and digital signal processing and high output power.
This radio has a nice color screen but seems to have the same dreaded serial port that the other radios have.
You’d think that that would die out when PC’s no longer came with serial ports!
Amongst a lot of other neat offers from accessory manufacturers, seems this might be a neat year for lots of new toys!
Jonathan
This is my first time going - and most of my time will not even be at Hara (QRP Four Days in May!!!).
I am looking to see some new radios, like....
Ten Tec Omni VII - neat rig! #Seems to live up to the tradition, but.... methinks it's a little too close in price to the Orion II (one of them is in my not too distant future).
Kenwood and Yaesu seem to be taking a step backwards in design and creating radios that look like some older mobiles.
Kenwood has a new dual bander the TM-V71A. #This is the one that caused marketing confusion with all their advertisements being upside down in the magazines. #The purpose for the ad in that fashion was they were trying to demonstrate that you can have this radio with the speaker on the top, or bottom by flipping the face plate. #Which, when you think of it, could’ve been done so long ago! #It’s a dual band radio with ten dedicated echolink memory channels as well as echolink sysop mode. #Connect to your pc via the optional cable kit – seems interesting (though I’m not much of an echolink kinda guy.
This radio, interesting enough, looks like their older radios (remember the tribanders you could have 2M, 1.25M and 75cm? #Really looks a bit like those radios.
Yaesu has a new compact HF radio (FT-450, FT-450A with built in ATU-450 autotuner) that looks like an older radio (kinda). #No flashy display or anything, but seems to be a neat HF/50MHz 100 watt all mode radio. #This radio has many of the features that you’d expect in an HF radio but has a built in function for those with visual disabilities – Digital Voice Announcement..
Built in digital voice recorder, CW Beacon, amongst others. #The picture of this rig looks like there is an RS232 port in the back. #This is rather interesting….. since you think we’d go USB by now! #I wonder about mobile HF radios without the option for VHF/UHF. #After owning a 706MKIIG for several years now, I don’t think I’d want to have multiple radios when I can have one radio do it all. #I questioned that with the Kenwood 480.
Yaesu has another new radio that has some interest, the FTM-10R. #This is a dual band radio that seems to be a bit more ruggedized mix between an HT and a mobile. #Looks kind of like a military FT-90. #This radio seems to be able to be operated from the front panel alone (lower power). #This was interesting, since I wondered about how it would seem operating a radio from the removable face. #Very interesting. #
There is a neat innovation here on this radio as it’s the first I’ve seen with a Bluetooth option. I wonder what wireless speakermic will be an option. Maybe something like we use on our cellphones? This can be a great direction for other manufacturers since many states now have driving and cell phone use laws on the books.
This is a 40W radio that can be mounted on your “toy” vehicles like a snowmobile, ATV, etc. #Looks like it would make a decent radio for those that have radios mounted on a motorcycle. #Nice blue screen on this one!
Icom has a new IC-2820H dual band mobile that has a few neat features. #D-Star isn’t so new now (this is an upgradeable feature). #But the GPS features are neat. #GPS built in (I don’t think this is optional, but I’ve only seen their current advertisement) The GPS displays latitude and longitude, compass heading etc. and can allow you to connect to a PC for map plotting and such.
As mentioned above with Yaesu – we’re back to the legacy RS232! #It’s time they actually just started making these things USB!!!! #Like the Kenwood TV-V71A – this radio is a dual color radio. #This you can switch between green and amber. #
Look at this one closely if you’re considering it – the dual band seems more like dual receive and transmit on one side – so no dual VFO’s on this one! #
One thing I’m looking for since I’m going to be in the market for a new HF base radio soon, is the Hilberling PT-8000. #This is from a German manufacturer that I have not heard from before. #This radio does remind me of another German company, Rohde and Schwarz. #Has a similar look and feel. #If it performs anywhere in the same category, this can a HUGE contender. #
This radio was conceived by a ham, Hans Hilberling, DK7LG, who envisioned the perfect radio for his shack as having a single, high quality transmitter, 2 receivers, VHF operation with equal performance to the HF side of the radio. #It’s frequency range must be easily expandable through the use of transverters and have independent sideband operation. #Analog and digital signal processing and high output power.
This radio has a nice color screen but seems to have the same dreaded serial port that the other radios have.
You’d think that that would die out when PC’s no longer came with serial ports!
Amongst a lot of other neat offers from accessory manufacturers, seems this might be a neat year for lots of new toys!
Jonathan