Icom Japan have been working on a concept of a new radio looking to revitalize the use of the SHF (Super High Frequency) bands. Recently a concept model was shown off at Dayton Hamvention. But is it really going to be a viable product for the Ham Radio market?
https://www.icomjapan.com/lp/shf/
The AMAZING stuff you can do with SHF 👉 https://youtu.be/G1kiuYii_NA
Thanks to Josh @Ham Radio Crash Course for the use of his Hamvention footage
👉https://youtu.be/JHAIvjbKgg4
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⏱️Chapters⏱️
0:00 The SHF Project from Icom Japan
0:48 What is it?
1:58 Two Main Problems
02:33 Challenge #1
03:18 Challenge #2
03:46 The Solutions
05:38 Why use 1PPS?
07:00 The controller is a IC-705 lookalike
08:29 Limiting factors with the RF module
10:49 No practical demo at Hamvention
11:46 Icom Japan are on the right track with this
12:54 What you can do with the SHF band
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