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.