Icom IC-7610 - Preview from the Dayton Hamvention 2017

Here's the information provided at the hamfest. Release will be very soon, if I remember correctly I think it's July ? Price range around $3599 USD. This radio as 2 receivers equivalent of two IC-7300.

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Pascal VA2PV

 

Sweet rig. I have every intention on buy one this year if they release! 7300 please hi hi joking

 

Gorgeous rig!

 

great rig, but can't see the value of two receivers when I concentrate on one QSO at a time and contest by myself. Love the BIG display and it's an SDR in ONE box for a decent price (love the 7300...outstanding portable/entry level radio, but not my cup of tea). I hope it has the remote capabilities the 7300 does. Maybe get a 7610 when the big sale hits!...V31YB

 

with HF as bad as it is now and not looking to get better anytime soon, this is too much (IMO) $3600 for this type of radio now. I guess if you have the $$$ to waste then go for it.

 

The July date was being thrown around before the Dayton Hamvention. At Dayton, the Icom guys were giving estimates of October.

 

Two receivers allows you to do binaural reception, and diversity reception. Not just simultaneous different bands.

It hurts my 62 year old ears to hear mono anymore...

 

Hf is bad? I just got DXCC mixed in 84 days.... Perhaps you NEED an new rig?

 

According to the Pre-Release Brochure, the 7610 has an Ethernet Port for direct communication with RS-BA1 software. No Server PC with USB Connection needed.

ICOM IC-7610 – Pre-release Brochure | QRZ Now – Ham Radio News!
http://qrznow.com/icom-ic-7610-pre-release-brochure/

I love the remote operation with RS-BA1 on the IC-7300.

Steve
KC6KNL

 

Retiring in a year and a half I know I will buy one. A great looking rig. The only thing that,could change that is if Kenwood came out with one in that range, half way between the TS-590 and the TS-990.

 

Very nice looking rig. But price point is a little too ......well being a Ham I'm too cheap to go that much.
73 all .

 

So it is like two 7300s in one case? How much would two 7300s cost? I have a 7300 and I cannot imagine needing anything else for my HF operations. However felt the same way about the rig I bought 9 years ago and payed a lot more for. Thought I would never get rid of it. Well, I guess the world is full of surprises.

 

Never buy a brand new rig until they work out the bugs. Unless you want to pay shipping costs each time you send it back for repair.

 

More than I'm willing to spend. Looks awesome though. But I DO want that 7300! Maybe later in the year.....

 

I'm pretty satisfied with Icom quality.
Recently they seem to shake the bugs out much better than Yaesu and the fiasco with their premature release of the FT-991.
Look at the IC-7300 when it was a new product just hitting the shelves, but look at the track record of that radio.
Many software updates added features and fixes. Not once a year, but every few months.
In 2008 the IC-7600 was just hitting the shelves. Fast forward 7 years to 2015 and Icom released a firmware update that added features and functionality. 7 years later and it was like I got a new radio! Unbelieveable!!! For free!
I am blown away by the IC-7300 functionality and I can't wait to try out the IC-7610!!!
It would appear to me that Icom is taking their time and listening to what the customer actually wants in a radio and is taking the proper measures to appeal to a much larger customer base by trying to satisfy all the "wants".
Sophistication at this level and then combine that with quality testing/feedback I can see why Icom is taking their time bringing this to the consumer. I feel it is going to be a very mature product when released with more features being added all the time with firmware updates.