Even today it is still a pleasure to operate and I'm never urged to consider moving away. The radio has provided flawless communicational enjoyment for 11 years. Having owned and worked the iCOM ic 7800 since early 2005 I feel well placed to comment on this outstanding transceiver. Says it all.Įarlier 5-star review posted by G7EMK on The look of the radio and its performance has always been outstanding.You can now pick these radios up secondhand for a very reasonable price, and for that you are getting high quality technology.She has been a great girl for me over the years, but I have now traded her in for a younger model. This has been one awesome radio and a joy to work over the years. I later upgraded the radio to the Mk2 by having the new roofing filters fitted. I've had the IC 7800 since 2004 when the radio was first introduced. Radio performance is fully up to expectation, so far none of the issues reported in earlier radios have repeated on my 7800.įirmware is up to the latest version 3.10 - as downloaded from ICOM and installed into the radio using the supplied CF card. The extra RF power of the 7800 comes in useful as i do not use an amplifier. Signals that would normally be in the noise are now fully readable, even when compared to the 756 pro3 performance. When the antennas were connected my first impression was, where has all the band noise gone? Really the difference is outstanding.
#IC 7800 SERVICE MANUAL MANUAL#
I would not recommend transmitting until the manual had been consulted - Would you?
Physical size of the IC7800 is quite a lot bigger than the 756 but the desk had plenty of room to accomodate.Īnyone familiar with ICOM 756 will have no trouble setting up the 7800 out of the box, without the manual.
I unpacked the radio once at home and set it up in place of the ICOM IC756 Pro3. The outer box is very big, however we did manage to load it into my car with the rear seat folded down. I collected the radio from the dealer myself, rather than have another carrier handling the goods. I have owned the radio since December 2007.Īs everyone seems to report, the radio came very well packaged from ICOM. I have tried not to rush in to writing this review, as first impressions are not the complete story. Perhaps my biggest concern about IC-7800 ownership was how long would ICOM continue to provide service for this transceiver? Without the necessary replacement parts the IC-7850 can easily turn into an expensive doorstop.Įventually the IC-7850 and IC-7851 came out with improved RMDR specs, along with a much brighter screen. Two years later my IC-7800 was collecting dust so I sold it now use my Flex transceiver pretty much exclusively, although I do also own a IC-7300. I purchased a Flex-6700 but also kept my IC-7800 because I wasn't 100% convinced yet that I wanted to shed the 'knob & button' type rigs.
#IC 7800 SERVICE MANUAL PLUS#
Cost was a bit over $1,000 plus shipping/insurance costs both ways. I only had to send my IC-7800 back for repair once for a board replacement. And since this is a very heavy transceiver, shipping and insurance to ship it back for repair can be costly, and repairs can also be costly.
#IC 7800 SERVICE MANUAL SERIES#
Also the IC-7800 has limited spectrum display settings, although this issue wasn't apparent until I purchased a Flex 6xxx series transceiver. First, it's display always seemed too dim (even with settings turned all the way up). It performed excellent for its day, with almost lab test instrument precision. dealers, and pricing should be available soon. There is even a separate preamp and mixer for the 6 meter band. It features two identical, fully independent, receiver circuits. The radio features an IP3 of +40dBm and 110db dynamic range. It utilizes four separate 32-bit floating point TI DSP chips, has a 7-inch wide TFT display, built in RTTY/PSK31 receive and transmit using a USB Keyboard interface, plus compact flash technology. ICOM believes it is the most advanced amateur radio ever developed.
The ICOM 7800 HF/6M was first introduced at the Dayton Hamvention 2003. EMail SubscriptionRegistered users are allowed to subscribe to specific review topics and receive eMail notifications when new reviews are posted.
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