Hamvention 2025: Icom Ham Radios Inspire Beginners and Veteran Operators Alike

Hi. Tom, n four I o z, North Carolina. I came to tell a story about the wonderful weather we hear at Hamvention twenty twenty five. It's a beautiful day, cool weather and all that. I credit ICOM for that because years ago back at Harrah, they gave these out. It says, for the love of ham radio, ICOM on one side. On the backside, it tells you what it is. It's a rain poncho. Every year when I come to, Hamvention and I bring this with us, it's beautiful weather. One year I forgot it. It took until Thursday of the next week to dry out. So I just wanted to thank Icom again for the wonderful weather. Hi. How are you doing? I'm a Icom lover. My name is Terry Rutledge, call sign k c two MMC. The radios I own is a seventy eight fifty one, seventy six ten, Icom seven zero five, and a ninety seven hundred. I'm a Icom fan, and I love my products. I have the, HT fifty one. Hey. I think it is. And, I'm here at Hampton having fun, and I love Icom ham radio. Hey. My name is Scott, k b eight z I o, from Charleston, West Virginia. I use an Icom I d fifty one. I've had it for about seven years now, and I use it primarily with D STAR. We used to be on six alpha, but it went down. So now we're on sixty six alpha. We welcome everybody to come join us there on D STAR. It's a nice handy radio. It's nice, thin, fits in the palm of your hand perfectly. Hoping Santa Claus will bring me the, ID fifty two. There's always a ham fest somewhere that has an ICOM radio up, and, I just love it. It's just handy dandy. I do use it local on our local repeaters, and the sound is spectacular. You can't beat it. Can't beat it at all. My name is Riley, n six I r d. This was my first radio that I got when I first received my technician last year around December. I have a ham radio tee that we're hoping to become official. Once we get about two more members with their license, we can become official ham radio club at Discovery Middle School, Madison, Alabama. I've been interested in it ever since my dad told me what it was, because my dad has been doing it for about fifteen years. He's very old. He runs KVEC, the testing system, and he he showed me a lot about radio stuff when I was little. And he told me if I got my own license, I'd be able to have a radio of my own. So I studied for a long time, and I finally got my license, and he rewarded me with a radio. ICOM for the love of ham radio. ICOM for the love of ham radio. For the love of ham radio, ICOM. ICOM for the love of ham radio.