Icom IC-7100 HF/50/144/440 MHz Amateur Radio Mobile Transceiver D-Star Capable w/ Touch Screen - Original Icom USA Model

I was torn between this and the direct sampling (SDR-in-a-box) IC-7300, which contains newer technology and costs a bit more, but doesn't support 2m/70cm/D-STAR. While there'll never be a transciever that does everything at once and does it perfectly, my budget doesn't currently permit the purchase of an HF-only base station plus a dual-band HT w/ D-STAR, so I opted for the IC-7100. Sure, it's a slightly older radio, but it's a solid unit nonetheless. It's also well-suited to the 'go box' kit I plan to build around it. Besides, I already have a dual-receiver upconverted SDR rig on my desk—it's what got me into this hobby in the first place—that's ideal for chasing signals to then pursue with the 7100.In my the end, which transciever is "best" is largely subjective. Read the reviews, but check out the manuals, too. If you're lucky enough to have a ham shop nearby, get some hands-on time with the models you're considering. Get what's right for YOU!Make sure to get the $100 rebate from Icom if you buy this model before 03/2017. For under $1000, the IC-7100 is a sweet deal.

I'm REALLY happy with this radio. Small, easily assembled and disassembled - fits in an ammo can with all its wires PERFECTLY for transport to/from remote operating locations. Great signal reports - hitting stations in Maryland from the Seattle area with just a portable CHA MIL whip antenna, no problems. While its not an SDR radio, the built-in soundcard and USB interface make digital modes easy. Nice to also have UHF/VHF in addition to HF - checking into local nets is easy, since 35w gets me to lots of repeaters. Still playing with D-STAR, but it's nice to know its there if I want to do digital voice.

Great versatile radio. Lot of radio for the money. Works great on a HF, VHF and UHF. Works great on the D-star. Be nice if it had a built-in GPS

Designed and built as Icon does.Many capabilities, good design. I have not began to explore the capability of this device.

This Radio come with Automatic Antenna Tuner?

Great radio and fast delivery

I've had this radio for just about a month now. I last had an Icom 756 Pro II, and I loved that radio for many reasons, and it is that radio that brings me to these opinions on the 7100. First off, this is all band all mode, it is the latest of the mobile radios that Icom has made, the last being the 7000, which I also had. Before those it was the 706 series, which were also outstanding radios. Now for the 7100, the first thing to know is that it has D-Star. So far, my D-star use has been on the 5100A, and I like it. I did not buy these radios to get D-star, I bought these radios for the glowing feedback from the many users of these radios. I've only used D-star on VHF/UHF, and combined with the internal GPS of these radios, D-star is a must have. I won't go into all that D-star does, or how well it works because that is not what makes this 7100 as good as it is. What does make the 7100 a great radio is the DSP. Icom has the most wonderful DSP filters I have ever used. I have power line buzz, and so much static that without filters my radio would be much less of a joy to use. When I first tuned into CW on 40M, I turned on the NB, the NR, they both did pretty good, but I still had some noise on the CW. Now I turned on the notch filter and I heard nothing, not even the CW. Then I move one cycle over and there was my CW, and only CW, loud and clear. That was the fist time I fell in love with this radio. The DSP on RX,and TX work as well as anyone could expect, and better than most would think. You have to use it to know how good it is. The touch screen is a nice touch, and I truly believe touch screens are here to stay, and many other radios will start coming with touch screens. Both the 5100 and 7100 both have touch screens, and they do enhance the radio, and how fast and easy it is to do anything to the filters, settings, or just view GPS data. The display is bright and clear, everything is easy to see. When you add text labels to frequencies, all information is on the screen and easy to see, this includes filters, modes, names, frequencies on both HF and repeater, where repeaters show the input and output frequencies, as well as the name of the repeater, I use the 7100 in the shack, and the 5100 in the car. The 7100 makes for a great base radio, and even better for people with limited space, as the control head has the speaker, and microphone connections, so the radio can be under the desk with the amplifier, and your desk can be clean and have room for your keyboard, and Ham-radio Deluxe computer for logging contacts. The transmit audio can not only be adjusted up and down like every other radio, but like some of better radios, you can adjust your transmit bandwidth, compression in or out, and its level. The stock microphone is the only down side to the 7100, so the first upgrade should be to the HM-151 hand mic with full radio control. I don't use the radio controls for much, but I get really great audio reports on the microphone, they refer to it as studio quality. When I switch back to the stock mic, the reports are not very good, with the HM-151 they are great. The HM-151 microphone is the microphone that came standard on the IC-7000, I can't see any reason not to give it to us with the radio, except for maybe the cost of research and development on these new radios must have cost Icom a lot. Good engineers don't grow on trees. You have to had owned few bad radios to know how many things could go wrong, or not work correctly to really appreciate how well these radios work.Most buyers of this radio complain about the lack of any mounting brackets. I don't happen to need mounting brackets since I use it on a desk, and it sits well on a desk. If you use this radio mobile, there are a number of ways to mount it, and I would not have any problem making my own bracket if I needed it. The bottom of the control head has a 1/4 20 standard tripod mount on it. So you can mount it to anything with a 1/4 20 bolt into the bottom.This is a wonderful radio, have no doubts that it will grown on you. The more you do with it, the more you will appreciate how well it works, and how little room it needs on your desk.

Good Product!