New ICOM IC-7100 transceiver with 70 MHz.

ICOM IC-7100 (Click for larger photo)

The IC-7100 is a HF, 6m, 4m, 2m and 70cms all mode compact radio with an innovative slanted touch-screen LCD controller. A first for an Icom transceiver, the IC-7100 is designed to the 70MHz band in European versions where 70MHz is open to Amateur radio enthusiasts. To maintain its commitment to D-STAR, all versions of the IC-7100 will come with standard D-STAR DV mode.

Since the launch of the original IC-706 in 1995, Icom has been leading the market of HF/VHF/UHF multi-band mobile radios. The popularity of vehicular mounted amateur radios may not be as high as the times of the IC-706 series, but the IC-7100 has been carefully designed to reignite Amateurs’ interest in mobile communications and brings digital communication opportunity to a wider range of radio Amateurs.

Planned Features include

• Slanted front separated controller with large touch screen dot matrix LCD (controller cannot be attached to body front)

• Speaker is self-contained inside the controller

• Full mode (SSB, CW, AM, FM, RTTY decode) and D-STAR DV

• HF (100W) / 50MHz (100W) / 70MHz (50W) / 144MHz (50W) / 430MHz (35W) (Note: Power may be different according to version. The 70MHz band is available for some versions only)

• Lower current consumption / cooler operation (compared with the IC-7000)

• SWR meter function also works for VHF and UHF bands

• Remote power on / off

• IF DSP for filtering / interference removal / noise reduction

• SD memory card slot, voice recording

• USB Audio In / Out, remote control

• +/- 0.5ppm frequency stability

• 505ch memory channels