[Elecraft] The next new radio from Japan?

I saw this press release and thought I share it. It seems Icom (Japan) has introduced their new all band/all mode amateur transceiver. It will likely be some time before we see some version of it in the USA. More info can be seen at: http://www.icomuk.co.uk/News_Article/3508/17675/ Gary

Re: [Elecraft] The next new radio from Japan?

I like the clever design of the control head but - Upconversion Over 6 pounds 1.2 Amp on standby No internal antenna tuner mentioned Mandatory D-$tar Seems like a combination of the worst of the old and new in what is likely to be a very expensive package. Buck k4ia K3 # 101 KX3 #715 On