I had an ICOM 7000 and got rid of it for the following reasons
1) San rate way too show - like a few channels per sec rather
than 28-38 channels per sec typical of the PRO2006 and AR1000XLT.
2) No banks. "Categories.." in the R1700... I'll think about it ?
Nost disgusting..
3) No freq centering on scan. My ICOM-7000 always stopped 5 Khz
too soon. Not a problem with the PRO2006.
I think that if all you want to do is listen in on a few freqs then the
R7000 (any maybe R7100) is a great "communications receiver". But, if
you really want to scan, in my mind, the R7000 doesn't quite make it.
Its computer-controled scanning is anemic. Problem is that, since it does
not use any "banks", it transfers VFO info across the serial port. This
is way too slow... like 2ch/sec.
Fix these problems... and I'll buy one (again)
Gary
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