Both units come with rackmounting hardware, which lends it a professional air but mostly just gets in theway. QST Product reviewsare available on the Web at Patton, NN1N, “ICOM IC-7800 HF and 6Meter Transceiver Revisited,” Product Review,QST, Mar 2007, pp 60-65nothing on this baby! The IC-7700 has aslightly different - some say better - lookto its case and is a little lighter than theIC-7800. Yesteryear’s heavy metal gear has1R.Lindquist, N1RL, “ICOM IC-756PROIII HF/6 Meter Transceiver,” Product Review, QST,Mar 2005, pp 56-59. The overallfocus of this review will be to evaluate thisradio on its own terms and as a possible nextstep up the ladder for PROIII owners like me.Let’s see how it stacks up.By the PoundLike the IC-7800, the ’7700 radiatesgravitas. The advent of thesimilarly sized but less pricey IC-7700 putsmany of the more expensive radio’s capabilities within reach of a larger segment ofthe Amateur Radio population.
Acollective gasp went up when ICOM cameout with the original ’7800 back in 2004 andset the retail price above 10,000 - the topof the scale at the time. Key MeasurementsSummaryPRODUCT REVIEWICOM IC-7700 HF and 6 MeterTransceiver12512520 7014020 kHz Blocking Gain Compression (dB)1032102701402 kHz Blocking Gain Compression (dB)103I3106 11020 5020 kHz 3rd-Order Dynamic Range (dB)I3Reviewed by Rick Lindquist, WW3DENational Contest Journal Managing EditorIs the ICOM IC-7700 the very competentIC-756PROIII writ large or the top-shelfIC-7800 writ small?1,2 That’s the nub of thedebate raging in Amateur Radio cyberspace.Perhaps it’s a bit of both, but the larger question may be: Is this a contester’s radio, aDXer’s radio or just a big, general-purposebox for someone with a lot of room in theshack and around 7000 of discretionaryincome?I’ve owned a PROIII for about three yearsand had a PROII before that, so I feel familiarwith that segment of ICOM’s product line.
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