ic-r8600

Hi all - I plan on installing a IC-R8600 soon and am concerned about possible RF front end damage when I key my 2m transmitter. The antennas for each will be located on the same tower and in close proximity to each other. I was considering an automatic coax switch that would ground the...

Hi All, My friends and I have been working on some software to control recent Icom transceivers. The software is called "wfview". We have noticed that the IC-R8600 seems to have a similar network (ethernet) protocol to the IC-9700, IC-7850, and IC-705, but to date we have yet to actually test...

Greetings, Any R8600 owners using a vertical antenna for HF (2-30 mhz)? Can you suggest and comment on your performance. TIA vince48

I recently purchased the R8600 receiver and liking it a lot. I use the RT Systems R8600 programmer to program the radio. My issue with the software is with the bank/group names. I have six memory banks(groups) programmed with many channels. In the bank/group names menu, I set up descriptive...

Hello, still waiting with the purchase of R30 because of lack of DMR support. Is there any new info (positive or negative) regarding DMR support? I still use my Uniden BCD436HP but thinking about switching to R30 if it has DMR. Thanks for any info.

Hi all, Having now purchased the RTSytems software for the IC-R8600 I am trying to add lists of frequencies the latest is in csv format copied over the frequencies ok but now trying to add in this case VHF marine channels in the Name column I the RTSystems software and I've tried all soughts of...

I recently purchased an ICOM IC-R8600 radio. I would like to have information concerning which is the most suitable antenna for use in this radio to be able to receive and hear well the transmissions of shortwave stations from other countries. I have already the following antenna: ICOM AH-8000...