{"id":27206,"date":"2017-07-17T08:59:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T12:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=27206"},"modified":"2017-07-17T09:01:55","modified_gmt":"2017-07-17T13:01:55","slug":"icom-ic-r8600-pricing-and-availability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/07\/icom-ic-r8600-pricing-and-availability\/","title":{"rendered":"Icom IC-R8600 pricing and availability"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_25895\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25895\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25895\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-4-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-4-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-4-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-4-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-4-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-4.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25895\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The new Icom IC-8600 at the 2017 Hamvention<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At the <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/tag\/2017-hamvention\/\">2017 Hamvention<\/a>, I spent a little time checking out Icom&#8217;s latest wideband communications receiver: the <strong>IC-R8600<\/strong>. Check out the photos above and below.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_25912\" style=\"width: 635px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-25912\" class=\"size-large wp-image-25912\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-21-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-21-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-21-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-21-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-21-624x351.jpg 624w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/2017-Hamvention-Inside-Exhibits-1-of-132-21.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-25912\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The IC-8600 Back Panel<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I spoke with Icom North America at Hamvention&#8211;the representative told me the MSRP of the IC-R8600 would be about $2,999 US, but that retail pricing would be lower.<\/p>\n<p>Universal Radio now has the IC-R8600 in stock <a href=\"http:\/\/www.universal-radio.com\/catalog\/widerxvr\/0086.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with a retail price of\u00a0<strong>$2599 US<\/strong><\/a>. HRO has the IC-R8600 in stock as well <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hamradio.com\/detail.cfm?pid=H0-015802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and selling for the same price<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No doubt, at this price point, the &#8216;8600 is not ideally placed to compete with other receivers and SDRs. I do, however, believe this product will do well with government sales. No doubt, it should deliver benchmark performance (at least one would expect benchmark). Icom has offered to send me an IC-R8600 on loan for a review&#8211;it is tempting to see how it might stack up against some of my SDR arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m very curious\u00a0<em>Post<\/em> readers: assuming benchmark performance, how many of you would purchase the IC-R8600 at $2,599 US? Please comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At the 2017 Hamvention, I spent a little time checking out Icom&#8217;s latest wideband communications receiver: the IC-R8600. Check out the photos above and below. I spoke with Icom North America at Hamvention&#8211;the representative told me the MSRP of the IC-R8600 would be about $2,999 US, but that retail pricing would be lower. Universal Radio [&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":[545,836,3,5803,43],"tags":[4203,5374,5378,4517,58,4046],"class_list":["post-27206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-new-products","category-news","category-scanners","category-shortwave-radio","tag-ham-radio-outlet","tag-ic-r8600","tag-icom-ic-r8600","tag-receivers","tag-universal-radio","tag-wideband-receivers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-74O","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":27206,"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":30724,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/guest-post-a-review-of-the-icom-ic-r8600-wideband-sdr-receiver\/","url_meta":{"origin":27206,"position":1},"title":"Guest Post: A review of the Icom IC-R8600 wideband SDR receiver","author":"Thomas","date":"February 4, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares the following guest post: ICOM\u2019s IC-R8600:\u00a0 \u00a0Can this mega-radio stay in the ring with big gun \u201clegacy\u201d receivers when it comes to shortwave band reception? by Dan Robinson When ICOM rolled out its new wideband receiver, the IC-R8600, I immediately\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Guest Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Guest Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/guest-posts\/"},"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":48514,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/04\/giuseppe-compares-the-icom-ic-r8600-with-the-ic-705\/","url_meta":{"origin":27206,"position":2},"title":"Giuseppe compares the Icom IC-R8600 with the IC-705","author":"Thomas","date":"April 11, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Giuseppe Fisoni, who reached out a few weeks ago noting that he was very impressed with the Icom IC-705's receiver performance even compared with his Icom IC-R8600 wideband receiver. I asked Giuseppe if he would perhaps write up a short informal report to share\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_8789-e1618138632832.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_8789-e1618138632832.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_8789-e1618138632832.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_8789-e1618138632832.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_8789-e1618138632832.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":23579,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/the-icom-ic-r8600-shipping-early-2017\/","url_meta":{"origin":27206,"position":3},"title":"The Icom IC-R8600 shipping early 2017","author":"Thomas","date":"January 22, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"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\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","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 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Icom-IC-R8600-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25017,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/videos-of-the-icom-ic-r8600-in-action\/","url_meta":{"origin":27206,"position":4},"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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