[ICOM] 7800 and 7600

[manualman at juno.com]

The 7800 has two independent receiver circuits.  The 7600 has "dual
watch" which only allows you to monitor two frequencies on the same band.
Big difference.

Pete, wa2cwa

On Fri, 31 Dec 2010 19:16:51 -0600 "Jan C. Robbins" <swanman at cfu.net>
writes:
> I have been fortunate to have side by side in my shack for more than 
> a 
> year an IC-7800 (three roofing filters) and an IC-7600.  They are
> both EXCELLENT radios.  Here is a comparison that might surprise 
> some folks.
> 
> There is really nothing to choose between the 7800 receiver and the 
> 7600 
> receiver, and both rigs
> allow dual receive (unlike the 7700, which doesn't but is also a 
> superb 
> rig; I've tried it). There is NOTHING
> you can hear on a 7800 that you can't hear equally well on the 7600. 
>  
> Nothing.
> 
> If anything, the 7600 is easier to use on digital modes than the 
> 7800, 
> and of course is in general much simpler..
> 
> Given the price differential between 7800 and 7600 ($7,400 v. 
> $3,600), 
> you lose nothing important by purchasing the
> 7600 EXCEPT the possibility of running 200 watts.
> 
> Now of course there are other differences.  You can't use an 
> external 
> monitor with the
> 7600 and you can with the 7800, as an example.  Certainly you should 
> 
> evaluate the specs on 7800, 7700 and 7600
> together when you consider a purchase. But for sheer performance in 
> DX 
> and contests, most will find the 7600 all
> the radio they need, and at a substantial savings, if 100 watts will 
> do 
> what they want to do (drive an amp, for instance).
> 
> Thus this is no statement that the 7800 or 7700 do not have 
> advantages 
> over the 7600; patently they
> do.  But if one uses any kind of cost/benefit ratio in determining a 
> 
> purchase, the 7600 is not
> just a "best buy:" it is probably the BEST BUY on the market.
> 
> Happy New Year to all!!  73 Jan N0JR
> 
> -- 
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