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The R1500 has some very impressive specs / features, some of these include: Many amateur radios operators swear by Icom gear and my previous experience with Icom equipment has included the R5 and R20 handheld scanners, the V82 amateur 2m handheld and IC-P7A 2/70 mini handheld as well as the monster R8500 wideband receiver.Īll of my previous experiences with Icom have been very enjoyable and about the only thing I can say is that their gear is very different from your average Uniden or Radio Shack scanner and so if your use to that sort of equipment then be prepared for a fairly steep learning curve with the R1500.

#Icom ic r8500 review Pc

The Icom IC-R1500 remote head / PC control DC – daylight receiver is one of four models currently available from Icom, a well known and much respected electronics manufacturer in Japan. In my experience and for my use, this radio is a solid winner.

#Icom ic r8500 review manual

I am a manual tuner and with the control head, tuning is very versatile, with the ability to switch modes, tuning steps, etc, very smoothly and quickly.

Once you get used to using the control head, it is hard to see why you need the computer if you aren't going to use it for scanning memory banks, etc. I use it 90+% of the time with the control head and only wish that the head fit onto the body of the receiver similarly to the Icom 706, 703, etc. There are nights when I can barely get a MW signal on other receivers that I get a solid copy signal virtually every 10 KHZ with this radio. I enjoy, in particular, MW and SW use of the radio. I have tried several other SDR receivers (and not a few non-SDR) looking for one that covers all of the bases well and this is the one that I kept. PAULGBLUNDELL has given a very thorough review and I can only say that I agree with most of what he says and won't repeat it. Massive coverage, all the modes, extremely fast scanning, excellent band scope with the latest firmware and software, recording to the PC etc

#Icom ic r8500 review software

I installed the latest firmware into the receiver, and loaded the latest control software onto the PC, and wow.it is now wonderful to use with a PC - so many enhancements !!!! The latest firmware and software has made this receiver really functional and a joy to use with a PC.Īs far as receiver performance - it is excellent, it really can receive anything and everything that is out there. While looking at the Icom firmware download page, looking at IC-7300 updates, I noticed there had been several new firmware AND software updates for this receiver since I had bought it. It stayed there in the closet many years, maybe 8 years. After a few days use I put it back in its box and kept in storage in a closet.

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I then tried the Icom software, it worked okay but was full of bugs, and quite restricted in functionality. I thought it was me, but then I looked at the reviews for the Bonito software here on eHam, and everyone says the same thing. I tried for days to get the Bonito software to talk to the 1500 without success. I then tried the Bonito software - absolute trash. It worked extremely well with the remote control head. I also bought the remote head, which was an option, and it came bundled with Bonito software in addition to the Icom software. I bought one of these from AES in Milwaukee on a vacation trip there several years ago.