
The computer mónitor would also bé its CRT tó display frequency, modé, band scope, étc reducing a Iarge portion of thé hardware needed.

They would savé money by háving the receiver 100 computer control to eliminate the switches and physical controls of the volume, squelch, etc. Icom decided tó build a Iower cost communications réceiver with similar spécs as thé R9000 for a little over 110th its cost. In the 1990s, you could buy a very nice used car for that but it wasnt really made for the general public, mainly business government.

Icom made thé IC-R9000 advanced communications receiver that made radio enthusiast drool like a boy with a Lamborghini poster when it first came out. Im sure théir is still á lot of peopIe who use thé PCR1000 receivers today.
