From the web:
News release 2015/12/7: Icom* shipping the IC-7300 within 40 days from this release date in Japanese market! (..link below)
Icom shipping the IC-7300 within 40 days from this release date in Japanese market! (news release 07/12/2015)
* For Japan domestic market, will be released in other countries at a later date.
Icom announced today, December 7th 2015, that delivery of the new IC-7300 will start from mid January 2016 for Japanese market, while for the rest of the world, date have not been defined yet.
In a japanese press release dated just a few hours ago, Icom finally published the official release date and the recommended price. The IC-7300 should be available by January 16th 2016 at a price of 139,800yen + tax, wich equates to US$ 1,134+tax or EUR 1,047+tax (expect VAT on top of that).
We asked the question of the Icom rep at the Newark Hamfest and he was also very cagey and just laughed it off so don’t really know unless as has been suggested there is a bug or possibly a manufacturing problem.
Dezember 2015 bekannt, das die Erstauslieferungen des neuen IC-7300 mitte Januar 2016 für den japanischen Markt beginnen.
In Australia the release of the ic9300 (?) caught the local ICOM office by surprize. the sales staff did not know it was coming. They do not expect to see onr till March next year. I believe they made the announcement to slow down the sales of other SDR radios from India and italy
IC-7300 press release
http://Http://Www.Icom.Co.Jp/release/20151207/ 2015/12/07 announced the industry's first, high-speed real-time spectrum scope, was adopted RF direct sampling method most powerful compact HF transceiver IC- 7300. Name: HF + 50MHz for Amateur Radio transceiver Model: IC-7300 / M / S suggested retail price:
139,800 yen + tax Release Date: today than 40 days within a year plans to sell units: a total of 2000 units / year
139800 Japanese Yen equals 1148.6695 US Dollar
40 days within a year .... not much to go by...
Q1? Perhaps.