perseus68
Member
After a lot of searching I found nothing about any successor of the IC-R8500.
It's curious but when you look around you see that many of them are still for sale and they are new!
Is it still produced by Icom or do many stores had enormous stocks?
Many sites do report it being a vintage receiver (e.g. Strong Signals writes: "Vintage 1996" )
I'd like to buy one but its' general layout can be little surpassed nowadays.
I'm wondering if anybody knows about any possible successor that will be announced by Icom.
Is it possible that they are still selling a "Vintage" rig after 15+ years and there is nothing new announced in its class to replace it?
I understand its a good receiver but the IC-R9500 is definitely out of budget for me.... :-(
73s
Marco
It's curious but when you look around you see that many of them are still for sale and they are new!
Is it still produced by Icom or do many stores had enormous stocks?
Many sites do report it being a vintage receiver (e.g. Strong Signals writes: "Vintage 1996" )
I'd like to buy one but its' general layout can be little surpassed nowadays.
I'm wondering if anybody knows about any possible successor that will be announced by Icom.
Is it possible that they are still selling a "Vintage" rig after 15+ years and there is nothing new announced in its class to replace it?
I understand its a good receiver but the IC-R9500 is definitely out of budget for me.... :-(
73s
Marco