palmerjrusa
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Seller's market...
R30 IC-R30: Last Shipment From ICOM Has Arrived at HRO
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Seller's market...
Fast1eddie
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Interesting. I have a R30 and am not crazy about it. Going to sell it, don't use it. Will be interesting to see what Icom will replace the R30. Dunno, I find the radio somewhat confusing and wish I never bought the thing.
palmerjrusa
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Compared to some Yaesu radios, the IC-R30 is a breeze to operate.
Ouch..
jazzboypro
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If you find the R30 difficult to operate, stay away from Yaesu and Kenwood
Spend the money on the Icom software for easy input of frequencies. It has a learning curve but once you learn the menu system, it becomes easy.
Fast1eddie
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Good suggestions but I am going to sell. Just too many radios and I am not as involved in the hobby as I was several years back.
palmerjrusa
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You might want to wait a little while till all new units have been sold.
Might get a better price when/if demand increases for second-hand units.
Any of that "new stock" from Japan has historically been grossly overpriced. Take a look at some of the other hard to find receivers like the AOR AR-DV1 and DV10....there was one listing for the DV1 that was in excess of $9000. Of course anyone paying that price is an asshat but the audacity of even posting it at that price speaks volumes.
That said, Palmer is right; if you're selling that give it a little time unless you must have the $$; you'll recoup more.
Pardon my late to the party ignorance on this but I discovered just today that the R30 does not have a 7.5 KHz step option. As mentioned in a few other threads here that's a major omission for US users.
But, to my point...the thing that surprises me the most is that there is no way to enter a custom step on this receiver unless it's an undocumented feature. As I've seen no reference to it I guess it does not. Its big brother the IC-R8600 has that step size, and it was possible to enter custom steps into the IC-R8500 to overcome the issue.
It's my understanding that a frequency with such a split can be entered, but of course without that step size using the VFO or running a search no worky! Disappointing. I'd think adding the step could be addressed in a firmware update, but one has to wonder if any will be forthcoming for a now discontinued radio. Icom's firmware updates seem to be few and far between in general.
But, to my point...the thing that surprises me the most is that there is no way to enter a custom step on this receiver unless it's an undocumented feature. As I've seen no reference to it I guess it does not. Its big brother the IC-R8600 has that step size, and it was possible to enter custom steps into the IC-R8500 to overcome the issue.
It's my understanding that a frequency with such a split can be entered, but of course without that step size using the VFO or running a search no worky! Disappointing. I'd think adding the step could be addressed in a firmware update, but one has to wonder if any will be forthcoming for a now discontinued radio. Icom's firmware updates seem to be few and far between in general.
What uses 7.5 kHz spacing?
VHF Hi-band.
Thanks
palmerjrusa
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I notice DXEngineering is still selling the IC-R30 for $617.95.
palmerjrusa
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Of course they are, everyone can thank me. I went to order one today and poof, delivery date of May something now.
palmerjrusa
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I wondered who had purchased that last one that was still available only hours ago!😁
The IC-R30 is not even showing up when I search for it at DXEngineering, so I wonder if that May delivery is real.
When I spoke with someone at HRO they said the IC-R30s they were waiting on (i.e. their current stock) would be their last batch from Icom.
If Icom had half a brain, they could use the 52A, remove the press to talk switch, upgrade the firmware to allow all the settings in the R30 and frequency range. Thats provided the chip they used could do this. Would make one hell of a new receiver and save them on parts.
Has anyone used one of these Chinese replacement batteries for the R30 ?
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