Icom: ICOM IC-7760

[prcguy]

Go to the Elecraft website and price out a fully-optioned K4. I know a guy who has two of them. And, both feed their own Alpha legal-limit amplifier. And, he has a 10-acre field filled with towers and antennas.

Or, look at K9CT's or K3LR's stations with their multiple, fully-equipped operating stations and fields full of antennas.

Some hams are very serious about their HF contesting or DXing stations. And, then, there's the rest of us.

I had one HF radio system that makes a pair of Elecraft K4s and two Alpha amps look cheap, there is always something more expensive. The short lived Icom IC-7800 was around $11k when it first came out around 2004 and today an Icom IC-7300 will beat it in some receiver specs.

 

[K9KLC]

I had one HF radio system that makes a pair of Elecraft K4s and two Alpha amps look cheap, there is always something more expensive. The short lived Icom IC-7800 was around $11k when it first came out around 2004 and today an Icom IC-7300 will beat it in some receiver specs.

The last Icom 7851 that sold on eBay in January brought right at $8,400. I'll only say this about the 7300, don't ever try and use one where other RF stuff is going on. (Field day for instance). That's the only radio we have absolutely removed from the operating list there. We had 3-4 people volunteer to loan them for the event and were flat out told NOPE, not gonna happen.

 

[prcguy]

The last Icom 7851 that sold on eBay in January brought right at $8,400. I'll only say this about the 7300, don't ever try and use one where other RF stuff is going on. (Field day for instance). That's the only radio we have absolutely removed from the operating list there. We had 3-4 people volunteer to loan them for the event and were flat out told NOPE, not gonna happen.

Yup, not enough front end filtering in the 7300 for a field day site. Anyway, I'm sure the IC-7760 is a great performer in its price class as the IC-7610 is. I bought one of those because I got tired of waiting for the Flex 6400 with display to come out and I've been extremely happy with the 7610.

 

[prcguy]

I had one HF radio system that makes a pair of Elecraft K4s and two Alpha amps look cheap, there is always something more expensive. The short lived Icom IC-7800 was around $11k when it first came out around 2004 and today an Icom IC-7300 will beat it in some receiver specs.

I just came across a picture of the radio that makes the two K4s with amplifiers look cheap. Here is a $50k HF radio, Harris RF RF-5022 series with 400w amp, dual power supplies, RF-382 antenna coupler and remote control head with 25ft cable in the factory rack. Is it worth it? I guess if you strap a $6k Icom IC-7760 to the back of a HUMVEE in the desert or driving rain and replace it every couple of days this Harris starts looking pretty good.

Is an Icom IC-7760 better than the radio below? In some ways yes, its RF performance is probably a little better, I'm sure its transmit audio is more pleasing, but the Harris will keep on working up to the point of complete submersion in water where the IC-7760 will have failed outdoors after the first rain drops. It all depends on what your needs are.

I sold this Harris to a good friend years ago and I really miss it....

 

[alcahuete]

Apparently no microphone included. I get that most people aren't going to use the stock microphone with this radio, but it's still nice to have.

 

[KF0NYL]

There is no way that I will ever be able to afford the IC-7760. But more power to those that can.

We use two IC-7300 radios in our ecomm trailer and they sit right next to each other. We also use Morgan Systems bandpass filters and we do not have any issues with either radio interfering with the other.

 

[GlobalNorth]

A rather posh transceiver, that. Personally, I'd rather have a premium antenna set-up and a more modest transceiver, but in an HOA community, that will not happen.