FCC Approval of the IC-7700
On Feb 11th, the FCC approved Icom’s latest HF ham radio contesting transceiver, the IC-7700. Icom is expected to release the IC-7700 to the US market in March 2008. You should expect to see this rig get a lot of press coverage in the coming months as well as advertising.
Notable features include:
- 200W PA
- Independent DSPs (actually, a next generation DSP chip from TI)
- Internal power supply
- Built in antenna tuner (ATU)
- Selectable roofing filters… like the IC7800, it has 15 kHz, 6 kHz, and 3 kHz roofing filters.
- Color screen / scope
- RTTY and PSK decoding built-in
- Single receiver (no "dual watch")
Check out the IC-7700 FCC pages to see the rig being tested and view the user manual.
