Icom IC-7300 vs Yaesu FT-991 was: Antennas for a one story rental unit

[sigxbill]

I don't think there ever was an IT-200 tuner. You may be referring to the AT-200 which is now at the ProII revision level.

You are correct - I was thinking of the AT-200 Pro II - cheers

 

[AK9R]

There is now a Z-100 Plus in LDG's line up. It has the same power limitations:

• RF Power: 0.1 to 125 Watts, 30W Digital

 

[dwhit29689]

I researched Icom and Yaesu two weeks ago.
I purchased the 991A for the "everything-in-one-box" and resale value.
Too bad I missed the holiday price decrease.

 

[semka]

991A - Has internal tuner, but I believe you need an external sound card for digital transmission and audio decoding. Will need a winkeyer for CW transmission. Includes 2m/70cm, needs additional feedline/antenna. Is a triple conversion super heterodyne (double for FM) type transceiver. Does C4M digital on FM.
***Total purchase would be 991A + Soundcard + HF Antenna + 2m/70cm Antenna

991A does have a built-in sound card and the keyer. Also, it's actually a hybrid SDR rather than just a superheterodyne one. Its SDR is done in the IF.

 

[GlobalNorth]

If I had an RV, I'd likely go with the 7100, but D-Star is dead around here and is a function w/o an audience. The 7300 is either love or disgust, with some touch screens going blank. I know 6 owners and 2 have lost their touch screens.

The FT-991A seems like a shack in the box and I discounted purchasing it on that reason and I regret that decision now. I went with the FTDX10 and while it is a good radio, bordering on great, I moved to a new HOA community that my spouse picked out - antenna options are severely limited and HF work suffers. There is VHF and some UHF activity, but I don't want to buy another FTM-400XDR for office use [I own three already in my vehicles].

The Icom VHF/UHF base rig is nice, but it takes up more room. has a dead band of 1.2 GHz [in my AO], and isn't inexpensive. I should just bite the bullet and sell my FTDX10 for a FT-991A.