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PRODUCTION RADIOS.  FIRST IMPRESSIONS THE PICTURES DONT DO JUSTICE TO THE
SIZE OF THIS RADIO.  ITS WIDTH AT 20R4 INCHES ALLOWS THE CONTROLS TO BE
SPACED FAR ENOUGH APART TO ALLOW EACH TO BE OPERATED EASILY.  AND CONTROLS
IT HAS.  I COUNTED 37 ROTARY CONTROLS AND 96 PUSH BUTTONS ON THE FRONT
PANEL.  WHATS NICE ABOUT THIS IS THAT MANY CONTROLS SERVE A SINGLE FUNCTION
WITH MENU FUNCTIONS AND SOFT BUTTONS MOSTLY RESERVED FOR THE TFT DISPLAY.
I FOUND ALL THE CONTROLS TO BE OF USER FRIENDLY SIZE NO TWEEZERS REQUIRED.
THE CONTROLS PROVIDE LOTS OF FLEXIBILITY AND FEATURES FOR THE DIFFERENT
OPERATIONAL MODES, ALLOWING THE OPERATOR TO CUSTOMIZE THE RECEIVE AND
TRANSMIT PARAMETERS THROUGH VARIABLE IF BASED DSP TO SUIT A GIVEN SET OF
REQUIREMENTS FROM HEAVY DUTY CONTESTING TO CASUAL AM OPERATING.
COMPARISONS TO THE ICOM IC 7800, ICOMS ENTRY IN THE SAME MARKET NICHE, ARE
PERHAPS UNAVOIDABLE.  BOTH ARE LARGE, HEAVY RADIOS, WITH THE 9000D WEIGHING
EVEN MORE THAN THE 7800.  THE EXTRA SIZE AND WEIGHT MAY BE MORE THAN OFFSET
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DL2VPO/328 DL5ME/327 DL6YK/355 DL7FP/347 DL7HZ/365 DL7UX/339 DL8CM/367
DL8VN/339 DL9NC/351 DS2BGV/327 EA1BC/368 EA1FD/354 EA1KK/333 EA4BT/332
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