ICOM IC-7610 Intro and Features (#237)

At last, here's the first ICOM IC-7610 video, an introduction to the radio that describes its many features. It's a fantastic HF transceiver in the $3K price class aimed at serious contestors. Additional videos will follow in due time.



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[jimellison]

Thank you!!! and thank you again!!!!  Great video. I have had the 7610 for about 6 months now and like most radios people get to a level with them and the learning about what ELSE it will do goes by the wayside. Your video reminded me of what I was missing. The dual diversity use was something I learned in Nam. That is really fascinating.! The R390's had that ability was used quite often. Oh! I had the Yaesu  you have now and sold it to get the 7610. I agree with you the Ft3000 is a very nice radio. I liked the looks of the yaesu, but just had to try this one. I do enjoy contesting, so guess this was a logical choice for me. To bad you cant stick the 7610 into the Ft3000 again Dave!!!..W0AES

[Snarky_Radio]

Dave, thank you for the comprehensive review of the IC-7610. You pointed out several things I did not know about the rig. very cool.

[USXPOP]

The 7600 are what dreams are made of. If only... the money, a location to set up adequate antennas, and the ability to play with it enough to actually use it to its full capability, or maybe my capability. Nice review.

[WIMAG-GO]

Bardzo dziękuję za ten film i jak zapowiadasz, następne. Film zrobiłeś już jakiś czas temu ale temat dalej aktualny. Oczywiście łapka i sub. leci do Ciebie. 👍 Pozdrawiam 73 !

[jameskua]

Dave, the 7610 bandscope/waterfall will show 1 MHZ wide on its widest setting and in fact will do the 1 MHZ width one each receiver with the dual bandscope setting. So this will certainly cover all of MOST amateur bands and then some with the exception of the 10 meter and 6 meter bands. The width is adjustable from 2.5khz each side of the center to 500khz each side of center for a total bandwidth of 5khz to 1Mhz. 73 James K0UA

[martyb.]

I have a icom 7610 on its you for the you tube info its a great help....

[markrowell]

I think the Bluetooth claim might be associated with using a USB Bluetooth dongle which would allow you to use both a Bluetooth mouse and a Bluetooth keyboard using only a single front panel USB jack. I agree with you that claiming this a feature of the radio is a bit of a leap.

[normjacques]

Wow! That is two substantial handsful of radio(s)! I understand being competitive but, holy smoke(!), well, to each his own! Those features will prove valuable to more than just contesters. 73 KC1MGW

[michaelglauser]

If you haven't already, I can hardly wait for you to review the Elecraft K4D.
If it's anything like the quality of this video, it will be awesome, cause this one is too.

[mikemcdonald]

And I thank brad too for helping the head oggie so he can make more videos :)

[richylad]

How do you think this and the ftdx101 will cope when we are back at solar maximum, these seem geared up for getting low signals etc 73 Richard

[jptucsonaz]

Howdy Dave,

Well utube did it to me again!

I had nice 4 paragraph note going, then blurp, & it was gone! Which is a pain when single finger typing on a phone!!! Grrrr!

I would really like to see you do an in-depth on the diveristy & secondary (usb out) SDR operations. Thanks.

[VincentFischer]

arent dvi-d and hdmi the same except the connector? passive dvi-d to hdmi adapters exist and are cheap as beans

[jptucsonaz]

Bluetooth is a typo, but you can use an under $10 usb dongle to get BT!

[qrptedmac]

Hey Dave great vid, Im a new ham and just got my 7610 couple days ago. It really is a powerful machine. One question I do have is related to CW on SSB. I notice that there are people working CW on SSB but the radio wont send CW unless its in CW mode. Is there a setup for allowing it to send CW on ssb like obviously other people are.

[kfire]

Nice Video! I was wondering if you could do a review on the Yaesu FTdx101D at some point.

[cathrynm]

Wait, so did you actually get a 7610? Photos please.

[rwprime]

Does the IC 7610 have QSK or is it just semi-breakin? I never heard you say. Shoot - that's the very first thing I want to know about any rig because if it doesn't have QSK, I'm not interested. Thanks

[mikemcdonald]

Dave you have some popping noise in your audio. Might be your mic connection was loose or causing it. Just something for you to check.

[joerogers]

I bought a dvi on one end and hdmi on the other end so can use a monitor with hdmi.