{"id":52966,"date":"2022-06-08T11:38:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T15:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=52966"},"modified":"2022-06-07T06:50:26","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T10:50:26","slug":"new-in-box-icom-ic-r8500s-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/new-in-box-icom-ic-r8500s-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"New-In-Box Icom IC-R8500s on eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John (KC8RZM), who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hi Thomas,<\/p>\n

Don’t know if this is relevant to SWLing but maybe there’s others out there that might be interested in the following.<\/p>\n

I always kicked myself not picking up one of Icom’s IC-R8500 receivers before Icom discontiued it. I know this wideband receiver has excellent reviews regarding its performance and this model was about the last of the old analog\/superhet design before everything started to go SDR.<\/p>\n

Previously, I’d thought about buying a second-hand unit, but have always been wary not knowing its past usage and prefer to buy new gear.<\/p>\n

So was surprised to see sellers on ebay the other day listing new and unopened IC-R8500s.<\/p>\n

One unit was listed at $2,000.00 but the seller reduced it to $1,800.00 so I snapped it up for my collection.<\/p>\n

I think $1,800.00 is about the original price when Icom was still producing this model.<\/p>\n

I noticed another seller offering new IC-R8500s for $2,000.00 and apparently has more than 10 available as I type this:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/ebay.us\/iUZGn5<\/a><\/p>\n

Maybe some other SWLing readers might still wish to own a new IC-R8500 before they disappear for good. As I said, it’s the last in a long line of distinguished Icom superhet-based radios before the SDRs took over.<\/p>\n

Best wishes,
\nJohn
\nKC8RZM<\/p>\n

Many thanks for sharing this, John. I have never owned an IC-R8500, but I’ve heard it’s an excellent wideband receiver. The seller seems to offer a 30 day warranty and does indeed have a number of these in inventory. Looking through the seller reviews, they have a 97.6% rating with 1310 reviews; only one negative review in the past year. It seems they are based in Israel, but shipping is free (with normal custom delays, etc.).\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John (KC8RZM), who writes: Hi Thomas, Don’t know if this is relevant to SWLing but maybe there’s others out there that might be interested in the following. I always kicked myself not picking up one of Icom’s IC-R8500 receivers before Icom discontiued it. I know this wideband receiver has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[3,43],"tags":[9849],"class_list":["post-52966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-icom-ic-r8500"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-dMi","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":52966,"position":0},"title":"Icom’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. 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Click here to read our review of the Icom IC-7300.","rel":"","context":"In "Deals"","block_context":{"text":"Deals","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/deals\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IC-7300-sale.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IC-7300-sale.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/IC-7300-sale.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25017,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/videos-of-the-icom-ic-r8600-in-action\/","url_meta":{"origin":52966,"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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