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Technical Topics => Equipment => Topic started by: BDM on February 15, 2017, 0402 UTC
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Not sure this really offers anything new, but worth mentioning. $2K price launch
Icom Japan
http://www.icom.co.jp/release/20170214/
Icom USA, click on the pre-release brochure
http://icomamerica.com/en/products/amateur/receivers/r8600/default.aspx
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Wow! Look at the knobs on that baby, Al!
That's a lot of money to hear the many frequencies of Brother Stair.
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Wow! Look at the knobs on that baby, Al!
That's a lot of money to hear the many frequencies of Brother Stair.
What about the multiple Penguin Revolution SW & 1.1/Ghz stations set to start broadcasting this year. Leaving the best for last??
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I knew in my heart of hearts Inoue-san would release a rx only version of the glorious 7300. Still waiting on a sdr version of the 703.
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I knew in my heart of hearts Inoue-san would release a rx only version of the glorious 7300. Still waiting on a sdr version of the 703.
The 8600 has much wider coverage than the 7300, 100 kHz to 3 GHz. The 7300's range is only 30 kHz to 74.8 MHz.
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Wow! Look at the knobs on that baby, Al!
That's a lot of money to hear the many frequencies of Brother Stair.
What about the multiple Penguin Revolution SW & 1.1/Ghz stations set to start broadcasting this year. Leaving the best for last??
Shhh! That's a secret!
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>That's a lot of money to hear the many frequencies of Brother Stair. :D
The ability to decode D-STAR, P25, NXDN and dPMR digital (conventional) modes sounds interesting,
as the AR-DV1 doesn't live up to expectations (apparently). I own the IC-7300 it's lovely bit of kit.
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I knew in my heart of hearts Inoue-san would release a rx only version of the glorious 7300. Still waiting on a sdr version of the 703.
The 8600 has much wider coverage than the 7300, 100 kHz to 3 GHz. The 7300's range is only 30 kHz to 74.8 MHz.
What I meant was a straight sdr rx rig with the core of the 7300, which has outstanding rx performance especially considering the cost.
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What I meant was a straight sdr rx rig with the core of the 7300, which has outstanding rx performance especially considering the cost.
Sorry, my misunderstanding.
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"covers 0.01-3000 MHz (less cellular)"
USELESS >:(
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Operating manual here:
http://www.icom.co.jp/world/support/download/manual/pdf/IC-R8600_ENG_Basic_0_Book.pdf
T!
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Would shudder to think how much that will be selling for in Australia. Good frequency range. Doesn't look very big though for a base radio, paying top money I like to see a lot of radio on my table.
Perhaps I am old fashioned but the 4.3 inch touch screen doesn't do it for me, prefer old meter, knobs and dial plus digital display. My Samsung mobile phone has a bigger screen!
The estimated $2K price would be in USA so substancially more over here. Be interested to see a full road test on it, especially on the 10KHz to 500KHz sector, my favourite area.