{"id":23579,"date":"2017-01-22T10:36:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T14:36:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=23579"},"modified":"2017-01-22T10:36:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T14:36:50","slug":"the-icom-ic-r8600-shipping-early-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/the-icom-ic-r8600-shipping-early-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"The Icom IC-R8600 shipping early 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_23588\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23588\" class=\"wp-image-23588 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-1.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-1-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Icom IC-R8600 (Image source: Icom)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This morning, while browsing the latest ARRL QST magazine, I noticed an advertisement for the new Icom IC-R8600 wideband receiver. \u00a0If you recall, last August, <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/icoms-announcement-includes-two-new-receivers-the-ic-r8600-and-ic-r30\/\">Icom made the announcement that it was introducing two new receivers: The <strong>IC-R8600<\/strong> and the <strong>IC-R30<\/strong> handheld<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The IC-R30\u00a0is the successor to the IC-R20 compact handheld receiver, but will have advanced receiving capabilities and be able to decode D-STAR, P25, NXDN and dPMR digital (conventional) modes.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_23592\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-Back.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23592\" class=\"wp-image-23592 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-Back.jpg\" width=\"550\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-Back.jpg 550w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-Back-300x126.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-23592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Icom IC-R8600 back panel (Image source: Icom)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The IC-R8600, on the other hand, is more akin to the <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/a-review-of-the-icom-ic-7300-direct-rf-sampling-transceiver\/\">IC-7300 transceiver<\/a> in terms of design, but has <em>much<\/em> more functionality than the IC-7300 and covers a wide range of frequencies (10kHz-3GHz).<\/p>\n<p>The Icom IC-R8600 is essentially a tabletop SDR receiver.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few features mentioned on <a href=\"http:\/\/icomamerica.com\/en\/downloads\/DownloadDocument.aspx?Document=827\" target=\"_blank\">the IC-R8600 pre-release brochure<\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ultra-wide frequency coverage with RSSI (Received Signal Strength Indication) function<\/li>\n<li>Fast moving, real-time spectrum scope and waterfall functions<\/li>\n<li>Decodes multiple digital protocols, including D-STAR, NXDNTM, dPMRTM and APCO P25<\/li>\n<li>Large 4.3 inch TFT color touch screen display<\/li>\n<li>Clear audio quality using FPGA\/DSP base architecture with superheterodyne circuitry<\/li>\n<li>Optional RS-R8600 PC remote control software allows control of all receiver functions<\/li>\n<li>I\/Q signal output for use with third-party SDR software and\/or external decoding<\/li>\n<li>The SD card slot for received log, decode log and voice recording<\/li>\n<li>Optional SP-39AD external speaker with integrated power supply<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The back panel connections are pretty comprehensive (<a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-Connectors-Back-Panel.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">click to enlarge<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-Connectors-Back-Panel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23594\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-Connectors-Back-Panel-1024x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-Connectors-Back-Panel-1024x216.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-Connectors-Back-Panel-300x63.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-Connectors-Back-Panel-768x162.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-Connectors-Back-Panel-624x132.jpg 624w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-Connectors-Back-Panel.jpg 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I will plan to review the IC-R8600 once it has become available. I have no clue yet what pricing will be.<\/p>\n<p>I will post all IC-R8600 updates with the tag: <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/ic-r8600\/\">IC-R8600<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This morning, while browsing the latest ARRL QST magazine, I noticed an advertisement for the new Icom IC-R8600 wideband receiver. \u00a0If you recall, last August, Icom made the announcement that it was introducing two new receivers: The IC-R8600 and the IC-R30 handheld. The IC-R30\u00a0is the successor to the IC-R20 compact handheld receiver, but will have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836,3,43,158],"tags":[5374,2884,5378,157,34,5859],"class_list":["post-23579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-products","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-software-defined-radio","tag-ic-r8600","tag-icom","tag-icom-ic-r8600","tag-sdr","tag-shortwave","tag-software-defined-receivers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-68j","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20706,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/icoms-announcement-includes-two-new-receivers-the-ic-r8600-and-ic-r30\/","url_meta":{"origin":23579,"position":0},"title":"Icom&#8217;s announcement includes two new receivers: the IC-R8600 and IC-R30","author":"Thomas","date":"August 20, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who shares the following info about Icom's announcements at the Tokyo Ham Fair: Well the cat is now really out of the bag now !!\u00a0Icom announced 2 new RECEIVERS at the Tokyo 2016 JARL Ham Fair. We can almost say for\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The IC-R8600 (Photo source: QRZ Now)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IC-R8600_ICOM-QRZ-Now.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IC-R8600_ICOM-QRZ-Now.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IC-R8600_ICOM-QRZ-Now.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IC-R8600_ICOM-QRZ-Now.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30849,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/icom-ic-r8600-added-to-sherwoods-receiver-test-data-table\/","url_meta":{"origin":23579,"position":1},"title":"Icom IC-R8600 added to Sherwood&#8217;s Receiver Test Data Table","author":"Thomas","date":"February 13, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Rob Sherwood, at Sherwood Engineering, has now published test results of the Icom IC-R8600\u00a0wideband receiver. The IC-R8600 is (impressively) second from the top of the list sorted by third-order dynamic range narrow spaced if phase noise limited: Click here to view the full list at Sherwood Engineering. Click here to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Icom IC-R8600","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Icom-IC-8600.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Icom-IC-8600.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Icom-IC-8600.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Icom-IC-8600.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":27206,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/icom-ic-r8600-pricing-and-availability\/","url_meta":{"origin":23579,"position":2},"title":"Icom IC-R8600 pricing and availability","author":"Thomas","date":"July 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"At the 2017 Hamvention, I spent a little time checking out Icom's latest wideband communications receiver: the IC-R8600. Check out the photos above and below. I spoke with Icom North America at Hamvention--the representative told me the MSRP of the IC-R8600 would be about $2,999 US, but that retail pricing\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-4-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-4-1024x576.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-4-1024x576.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":27647,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/08\/dave-reviews-the-icom-ic-r8600\/","url_meta":{"origin":23579,"position":3},"title":"Dave reviews the Icom IC-R8600","author":"Thomas","date":"August 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO) who writes: Just FYI. My Icom IC-R8600 \u201cWide Band\u201d Receiver Review is now available. Mind you this is subject to more updates than usual at least for awhile. For any questions, yes please send them along. http:\/\/webpages.charter.net\/n9ewo2\/icr8600.html \"The excellent ICOM IC-R8600\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Products&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Products","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/new-products\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":28813,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/10\/download-the-arrl-review-of-the-icom-ic-r8600\/","url_meta":{"origin":23579,"position":4},"title":"Download the ARRL review of the Icom IC-R8600","author":"Thomas","date":"October 19, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dave Zantow (N9EWO), who notes that the recent ARRL review of the Icom IC-R8600 is available as a free download via Icom America. Click here to download (PDF). Note that Dave continuously updates his own review of the IC-R8600 as well. Thanks for the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/IC-R8600-review-ARRL.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":25017,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/videos-of-the-icom-ic-r8600-in-action\/","url_meta":{"origin":23579,"position":5},"title":"Videos of the Icom IC-R8600 in action","author":"Thomas","date":"April 3, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to a number of Post contributors\u00a0who've shared a link to links to \u00a0bcloyaji's YouTube Channel\u00a0where a few videos of the Icom IC-R8600 have been posted. \u00a0(Thank you for your patience, as well, as I've been traveling and way behind on posting this!) 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