Anyone using ICOM's new PCR-1500 for Mil?

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cisco211 said:
I can't wait for the new 2500 from ICOM, it has two antenna connections that lets it either tune two separate frequencies or receive one signal using diversity reception! Given the $700 price of the 1500 I would guess the cost of the 2500 would be around $1000.


http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/widerxvr/2500.html

Yeah but based on current info all the active milair in your region will be in the gaps in UHF coverage! :)
 

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MacombMonitor said:
Those gaps do not appear to be in the PCR-1500, only the PCR-2500. I wonder why that is, or do you think the specs on the PCR-1500 are incorrect?

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PCR-1500
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/widerxvr/1501spec.html

PCR-2500
http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/widerxvr/2501spec.html
Hello,

Someone suggested they may be the Japan market specs. Possible given that the source of the info is likely the ICOM Japanese language website and it is translated into English.
I sure hope so as I would not buy a radio with those gaps.

73 Eric
 

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Icom R1500 With Uhf Military Aircraft

Yes I am using the ICOM 1500 for UHF Military Monitoring.
Works great. The ICOM 1500 when used in the 118-945 mhz range will out do any scanner on the market.
 

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Pcr-1500

I wonder why the cut it off at 866 mhz Phoenix uses a lot of the 867 and 868 freqs. I hope this is not a sign of things to come/ Look how they chopped up the Pcr 2500

Mike
 

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EricCottrell said:
Yeah but based on current info all the active milair in your region will be in the gaps in UHF coverage! :)


Hi Eric!

After all the dust settled on the 2500 series, where do they stand on coverage for Mil-Air? Also are there any other gaps in coverage that would impact use in the U.S.? (other than cellular of course)

Thanks!
 

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There are gaps all over the 225-400 mHz MilAir band on the U.S. version of the Icom R2500. (Universal has the list of frequency coverage of the U.S. version) You need the Asian version if you want it all with no gaps. I have no idea why they did that on the U.S. version since it's obviously not something to do with the design of the radio. I have the Japanese version and there are no gaps anywhere.
 

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There are gaps all over the 225-400 mHz MilAir band on the U.S. version of the Icom R2500. (Universal has the list of frequency coverage of the U.S. version) You need the Asian version if you want it all with no gaps. I have no idea why they did that on the U.S. version since it's obviously not something to do with the design of the radio. I have the Japanese version and there are no gaps anywhere.

But the P25 module will not work with the Japanese version, correct? Can't win. :(
 

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You are correct. No digital on the Japanese version. Doesn't matter to me since I have plenty of other radios for digital comms and use this for MilAir but understand why it would for others. I can't understand why they aligned these radios the way they did.
 

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I heard the military wont push p25 into full boar use unless its aes encrypted... or rather i heard thats the stance many of the installations are going to take. so p25 for mil purposes will probably be useless
 
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