From Japan, which has been closely watched by the world's media for the last week since the fatal earthquake, two news came and finally one good one.
Prvou, tou nepríjemnou je, že továreň firmy Vertex, ktorá produkuje zariadenia pod známou značkou Yaesu leží len 60km od najťažšie postihnutej jadrovej elektrárne Fukušima I, bola nútená zastaviť v deň zemetrasenia výrobu. As its executive director Jun Hasegawa stated in the official report, the factory itself was not seriously damaged and all its employees should be fine, the problem is the failure of power supplies and suppliers and the destroyed surrounding infrastructure, the expected resumption of production is expected between a week and a month, but it depends very much on the subsequent development of the Fukushima I nuclear power plant, which, unfortunately, is constantly unable to be brought under control. Fingers crossed.
Druhá a dobrá správa je že na apríl ohlásil druhý japonský veľký výrobca rádioamatérskych zariadení ICOM uvedenie na trh už viac krát avizovaný model KV/VKV TRXu pod označením IC-9100. We heard about it for the first time 3 years ago, but business policy apparently delayed its launch until April of this year. In an 11-kilogram box, which seems to have fallen out of the eye of the IC-7600 and the novelty IC-7410 hides a TRX with respectable properties: it contains all KV bands (100 w + ATU), as well as 2 m (100 w), 70 cm (75 w) and even an optional UX-9100 module that allows work even on 23 cm with a power of 10 w. It has two separate independent receivers that can receive simultaneously and RRTY operation without the need for a PC (the keyboard is connected directly via USB to the TRX), support for satellite operation as we know it with the FT-847 (uplink and downlink) and other optional extras (e.g. D-Star DV, Remote control RS-1BA atd.) Ešte to najdôležitejšie, a to cena, predajci ju avizujú medzi 3400 – 3800 Eur.
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