20 Oct 2012

IC7100

As yet, I have not heard any more firm news on price and availability of the IC7100.  There was a rumour that the US price was going to be around $1875, but I have no idea where this figure came from. If correct, it sounds far far too much.

Although I am a QRP person, this rig does appeal to me: the very comprehensive band coverage (including 4m) would make it a good main station radio. With the IC7000 being just over £1100 I would expect the IC7100 to be somewhat more than this, at least at first, but not as high as the figure above which would translate to around £1875 with import duties, VAT and dealer mark-ups.
IC7100 - will there be a QRP version available in the USA and Europe?
What would be really nice would be an "IC703 version" of the IC7100 i.e. a 10W pep version. Now if Icom  produced one of these a lot of QRP enthusiasts would sit up.
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3 comments:

  1. AnonymousSun Oct 21, 05:29:00 pm GMT+1

    There is no import duty on amateur radio kit.

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  2. Roger G3XBMSun Oct 21, 06:37:00 pm GMT+1

    Are you sure that is correct? There is certainly VAT at 20% to add in the UK.

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  3. AnonymousSun Oct 21, 08:31:00 pm GMT+1

    It used to be zero but now seems to be 3.6% - see http://www.qsl.net/g0isw/g0iswdealers.htm

    Rip-off Britain continues...

    regards

    Stuart

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