Newer Icom models and it has a clear display. The front is made of solid plastic as is the case with all But still, the IC-R8600 is solidly built and less heavy.ДЄs the previous models, the case is made of aluminum injection It isД¬lear that SDR-technology requires less space than the old, analogue

When I unpacked the radio, I was surprised at how compact it was.Д¬ompared to its previous model IC-R8500, it was almost tiny. The internet and so I was one of first people in Europe who owned an

That did not bother me because I mainly use the It was the Japanese version, of course, with someДЇrequencies blocked. On eBay, IД¬ame across the offer of a reputable Japanese dealer who advertised I decided to import the IC-R8600 directly from Japan. The radio were mentioned that could not be believed because they It was said that the IC-R8600 would be introducedДЄt the Hamradio fair in Friedrichshafen in July 2017. It was obvious, of course, that the rumor mill Not clear when the radio would be available in Europe. Late March 2017, all of the sudden there were videos on YouTube On the web page of IcomД®urope and Icom USA only advance information was available. Translation!- that the IC-R8600 would be introduced in early AprilДў017 but not everywhere, only in Japan. It said on the Japanese ICOM webpage -thank you Google for the Time passed by and it was already the end of the year and no dealerД¬ould say when the R8600 would be launched in Europe. Lots of room for speculation as the internet forums showed. Radio would be on the market and how much it would be. Of course, everybody wanted to know when the The news of the new IC-R8600Д¬aused a real hype. Well, that was wrongДЄs we found out pleasantly surprised.

Would be the last receivers produced by Icom. That was a big and definitively positive surprise!Д®verybody had been under the impression that the IC-R75 and IC-R8500 Manufacturers of ham radio products introduced the SDR-receiver Icom 2016, the ICOM Company as the first of the big and well-known

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