Hmmmm...200 watts huh? That's funny...the only signals I hear are the FT-8 which for the most part these radios can't do key-down at full cranked up power anyway. You want real power punch? Go back to CW. The power/spectrum ratio is really way up there. FT-8 comes close but you can't rag chew on that mode. I thought it was really hilarious they even put PSK-31 on the IC-7600. It's hardly used anymore. SDR is here to stay - they gotta get the waterfalls to do a faster dance and wider slice. Just not robust yet...even with an external display which mostly copies the onboard display. No advantage. My 2c
I think it will be the same as the rest. Any radio is quite good the last 30 years. Not the radio is important, but the antennas.
Oh well.. I'll be keeping my 11-year old FT-2000D ... 200 watts, 2 receivers.. filtering good enough for me and several rig control programs for it if you like those...
The hams with a 3cx3000a7 will appreciate the 200 watts of drive. Now if an amplifier manufacturer would come out with a new version of the Henry 8k ultra.
Why is it that Yaesu can not get past that serial port? Icom has. That would be the deal breaker for me.
I've been using an ICOM 775DSP -- two radios and 200 w. Right next to it is a Yaesu 897D and a 706 MKII. The extra half of an S unit that the 775 provides makes a real difference, no doubt about it. Lots of folks can't use an Amp but can use 200 W into a wire. Good for Yaesu. If they price it better than Icom's 7610, and if it works as well or better, it will take the lead. The 100 watt version will have to be a lot better than the ICOM 7300 and sell for around the commonly available price of $1,000 to make a difference. The standard to beat is the Apache Labs ANAN-8000DLE or Elecraft's K3S
If you don’t break pileups with 100w ..... the same result with 200w. Better add one element to your antenna system.
