‰ NOW 25 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2004 QST PAGES 65, 67 AND 100 ‰ REFLECTION THIS MAKES SENSE TO ME. I WOULD BE SURPRISED IF ANY 7800 PURCHASER WOULD ACTUALLY USE A HAND MIC, PREFERRING A TAILORED DESK MIC OR HEADSET. WITH ALL THE USUAL HAND MICS, YOU JUST END UP WITH A DESK DRAWER FULL OF UNUSED ONES SUCH AS I HAVE, EVEN WITH MY MODEST STATION. ALL IN ALL, THIS IS ONE VERY NICE RADIO. OF COURSE MY CURRENT TRANSCEIVER IS ONLY ABOUT 15 YEARS OLD, SO I SHOULD BE SET FOR A WHILE YET. HF DIGITAL WITH THE IC 7800 STEVE FORD, WB8IMY EDITOR, QST THE IC 7800 IS UNIQUE AMONG AMATEUR TRANSCEIVERS IN ITS ABILITY TO TRANSMIT AND DECODE RTTY AND PSK31. A PUSH OF A BUTTON ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE LCD SCREEN PUTS YOU IN EITHER THE PSK OR RTTY MODES. WHEN YOU PRESS THE DECODE BUTTON, YOU SEE A SPECTRAL DISPLAY APPROPRIATE TO THE MODE, ALONG WITH AN AREA FOR RECEIVE AND TRANSMIT TEXT. PSK31 IN THE PSK MODE, THE RECEIVE AUDIO SPECTRUM ‰ FROM PAGE 100 ‰ OE2SCM/333 OH3NM/346 OK1KRS/340 OK1MG/360 OK2DB/347 OM3JW/347 ON4ATW/332 ‰ END OF 25 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ