[SCCC] Testing Results for Icom IC-7610 and IC-R8600 Now Available

[Dr. Howard S. White]

No surprise that Sherwood rates the IC-7610 so far down on the list albeit not as  poor a radio as the IC-7300. 

It looks like Icom continued to use less expensive low quality ADC parts found in the 7300 that easily overloaded in the presence of strong signals. They try to fix the overload  by adding a “OVF” function that introduces an attenuator into the signal path when it overloads instead of using better parts. 

Definitely NOT competitive with Flex 6600/6700  or K3S

Similar to but not as good a radio as a Flex M6400 which lists $1,000 less expensive. 

While the 7300 is competitively priced the  7610 Price Point - overpriced for what it is 

Still far behind Flex in Software 

It will sell very well because of Brand Name, HRO sales force pushing it and the fact that most hams cannot read or understand tech specs somehow believe that the Japanese still make Competitive radios when that has not really been true for almost a decade.

I continue to be surprised by hams who continue to buy these overpriced low performance Japanese Radios when at least 2 USA companies Elecraft and Flex Radio make measurably much better Radios at equivalent or better pricing. 


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Howard S. White Ph.D. P. Eng., VE3GFW/K6  ex-AE6SM  KY6LA
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On Dec 24, 2017, at 8:33 AM, Bruce Horn <bhorn at hornucopia.com> wrote:

Hi,

For those who are interested, Rob Sherwood has just posted his receiver testing results for the new Icom IC-7610 transceiver and IC-R8600 receiver.

http://www.sherweng.com/table.html

73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   (bhorn at hornucopia.com)
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