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Technical Topics => Equipment => Topic started by: John Poet on April 01, 2020, 0133 UTC

Title: ICOM IC-718 100 Watts HF Amateur Base Transceiver ???
Post by: John Poet on April 01, 2020, 0133 UTC

Anyone ever used one of these?

Any comment on suitability for "non-standard" operations??

(If a friend of a friend told you all about it, that's cool too...)

Title: Re: ICOM IC-718 100 Watts HF Amateur Base Transceiver ???
Post by: czar on April 01, 2020, 0311 UTC

I had one for several years, great little radio with great audio on SSB, Am uh, not so much.

Title: Re: ICOM IC-718 100 Watts HF Amateur Base Transceiver ???
Post by: John Poet on April 01, 2020, 2205 UTC

Quote from: czar on April 01, 2020, 0311 UTC

I had one for several years, great little radio with great audio on SSB, Am uh, not so much.

Righhhht,  AM isn't much on most HF SSB transceivers--- and not expected here.

Title: Re: ICOM IC-718 100 Watts HF Amateur Base Transceiver ???
Post by: Pigmeat on April 02, 2020, 0044 UTC

I've got a 740. But it's strictly a ham band transceiver of it's era that filtered out all that nasty stuff between bands.

Title: Re: ICOM IC-718 100 Watts HF Amateur Base Transceiver ???
Post by: Pigmeat on April 02, 2020, 0047 UTC

I've got a 740. But it's strictly a ham band transceiver of it's era that filtered out all that nasty stuff between bands.

Title: Re: ICOM IC-718 100 Watts HF Amateur Base Transceiver ???
Post by: . on April 02, 2020, 0148 UTC

Icom IC-7300 is $879 after rebate. That's a hell of a deal for a superb rig.