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"Doug Dotson" dougdotson@NOSPAMcablespeedNOSPAMcom wrote:

I believe that most newer ham rigs are now type accepted for
Marine SSB use. I know that the SGC SG-2000 was the only
one for a long time but I'm pretty sure there are others. Not sure
about the IC-751 specifically. Easy enough to find out though.

Doug, k3qt

Actually, that is not the case. The SG-2000 was a commercial
MF/HF Radio that some hams actually got conned into buying.
"Peeair" still can't design HIS way out of a wet paper bag.
I can't think of ONE radio sold into the Ham market, that is
TYPE ACCEPTED for commercial use. The design criteria is
different for commercial radios, and to be TYPE ACCEPTED
they can't have a Continious Tuning VFO type operational
system.

I know what it means. Perhaps someone else has a definitive answer
but I'm sure that someone in a position to know confirmed that some
ham rigs are type accepted. May have been an ICOM rep at one
of the boat shows. I seem to remember that the rationale was
that digital synthesized rigs are plenty stable enough to be relied upon
to openate on frequency.

Me