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Category: Transceivers: HF Amateur HF+6M+VHF+UHF models - non QRP <5W

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Review Summary For : ICOM IC-7000
Reviews: 349MSRP: TBA
Description:
HF/VHF/UHF All Mode Transceiver.
2 × DSP
Digital voice recorder (DVR)
Improved AGC loop performance
2 × MNF (Manual Notch Filter)
2-mode band scope
2.5-inch color TFT display with TV screen receive capability
Remote control Microphone
Digital IF filters

Available mid 2006
Product is not in production
More Info: http://www.icomamerica.com/products/amateur/7000/
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
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KF4HR Rating: 2022-05-17
An amazing little rig. Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I've owned my IC-7000 for years. Used it mostly in my RV. It's a shame ICOM dropped this model. I'd like to see ICOM come out with an IC-7000 Pro, same features and size as the IC-7000 but add a good bandscope & DStar.
SP9HZX Rating: 2022-05-15
Great versatile radio Time Owned: 6 to 12 months.
Another great radio!
Fantastic audio, very good preamp and easy to operate.
Very reliable rig!Only to recommend.

May 2022
I have been using it a lot mobile mainly with Outbacker antennas.Still super radio ,especially in the car.
Totally no problems.
M0JFG Rating: 2022-04-20
Replaced Time Owned: 3 to 6 months.
I got one of these and used a digi mode 3 for both HF and VHF FT8 and it worked. What I must say is that the guy who designed the menu structure had an identic memory and loved super complexity. I've just replaced the unit after 4 months with an ic7300 and it's so much easier to use. On the really bad side, I have knocked out the HF MOSFETs twice so now consider them fragile, my hobby is antenna design. That I have replaced it after 4 months really says it all. It did seem to suffer from RF in the shack problems with it which disappeared with the ic7300. The reason I will keep it is for the VHF and UHF. The bottom line is the menu system needs desperately to be replaced, as a programmer myself I consider it appalling.
W4KVW Rating: 2021-11-06
SWEET ICOM "AGAIN" Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Well I last reviewed the ICOM 7000 is 2008 & now in 2021 I have the Fourth one that I have owned.It's still in my opinion the BEST mobile Amateur Transceiver EVER produced.It's a joy to use & the only thing I see that ICOM could have done to make it better is add a True Band Scope & D-STAR & it would have been pretty much PERFECT & so much better than the excuse they now produce with that Ugly Monochrome Display. Someone at ICOM is truly out of touch & possibly visually impaired if they could not see that they took a Giant step Backwards with the Display on the ICOM 7100.It's also NOT a Useless Touch Screen & that's worth the Used market price alone.Get you one & you will never be sorry.The ICOM 7000 is still KING & it's Good to be KING!



Love my ICOM 7000 ALMOST as much as my ICOM 756 PROII.Only thing I like better about the PROII is the spectrum scope operation & the BIG rig size in the shack.The ICOM 7000 along with the LDG AT-7000 & Hustler mobile antennas area WINNER for my mobile setup & I can NOT imagine it getting any better.Keep up the GREAT work ICOM. }:>) "ICOM" as SWEET as it gets in ham radio gear.

Clayton
W4KVW
K9IK Rating: 2021-09-09
Great package Time Owned: more than 12 months.
The Icom IC-7000 is a great little HF, 50MHz, 144MHz and 430/440MHz bands transceiver, good for home, mobile, and portable. it features 100 Watts HF+6M, 50 Watts 2M, 35 Watts 440.
I like the color display and the built-in Digital Voice Recorder (DVR). It works very well when I pair it with the ICOM AT-180 automatic antenna tuner. The receiver has WFM for listening to FM broadcast stations and TV (Analog). https://youtu.be/mr9FNzYaXh8 May 2006 the price was $1499, The radio is still a great buy in 2021. For more info about the Icom IC-7000 check out the Icom Website: http://www.icomamerica.com/en/products/amateur/hf/7000/default.aspx
VK5OHR Rating: 2021-02-15
Solid performer with no issues! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
An awesome 'shack in a box' for its time! The same base features and format as the 7300 but in a smaller 'mil spec' mobile unit!

Used since brand new (2015) with an Icom AH4 auto-tuner and a MFJ-1026 antenna 'diversity' phaser to eliminate QRM and a West Mountain Radio CLR/DSP to eliminate QRN to compliment the Icom's fabulous DSP module. It has made over 4,000+ DX QSO's with HRD control. External speaker and separate fan forced assisted cooling and an AB5N mic. upgrade smoothed out operations nicely. TX audio is always highly regarded even on QRP.

Been a solid performer with no issues. Chokes required to prevent RFI on control lines. Just out of warranty and last one off the production line means power module issues averted. Just a lovely radio to use and the limited band scope still provides good coverage when nothing like it was available on any similar radio at it's release! I wish Icom would provide a comprehensive Fan Control menu in all of their radios but I won't hold my breath!

It has been worth every cent as a desk transceiver and expect it to be going strong for decades to come...

See it on display on VK5OHR at QRZ.

AAA+++
N4ZAW Rating: 2020-06-14
Meh.... well, at least it works! Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I bought mine while it was still under original warranty five years ago at the local hamfest. The only reason I STILL own it is because it "functions" well in all respects and is not in my way where I've set it up in the radio room. I use it for the rare VHF/UHF work i do, and for HF CW.
I'm old, so while the menu offers almost unlimited adjustments to suit the op, it's a real bugger to navigate!!
Like all Icoms, it is built close to, (if not meeting) 'mil spec'. I'll bet I could run it over with my Durango and it would still at least operate!
As others have stated, it's stock mic needs mods right out of the box, or a suitable replacement needs to be found. I drilled a hole in front of the element, and replaced my element with a very wide Panasonic electret. It now sounds fantastic, provided I DO NOT MOVE during key-downs, due to clanks and clunks injected into the audio by the 'rattle trap' construction of the mic case, which is comparable to a Cobra29 mic case. Nah... The Cobras are better. ;)
The "band scope" feature is so slow as to be an absolute joke. It's there, but it interrupts the audio too. You won't want to use it. Ever.
The external composite video output gives you a bigger screen to read, but the resolution is still poor even 'blown-up'. Suffice to say, it gets the job done, but isn't very "eye-friendly", even with a 7" screen to replace the 3" one.
It's a very good radio as long as you find a friend to spend about a day on a receiver, helping you "set it up" by letting you know how it sounds --- And once you've done so, DO NOT ENTER THE MENU EVER AGAIN! (tic there).
And finally, this would NOT my pick for a mobile install, in spite of its size, due to that battery drain issue others brought up. Mine draws close to 3A in RX at mid-volume, no attenuation! And I wouldn't want to subject that TFT display to Florida summers inside of a car. The IC706MKII is the mobile workhorse I chose.

LA1JQ Rating: 2019-07-19
RX power consumption - temp Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Temperature issue,
Picked up a used one on local marked.
Hoped the traditionally high power consumption level in rx-mode had beed revised in these compact rigs, but with 2A requirement, near 30W, rises temp in chassis considerably. For portable use it will 'eat' battery capacity when typical operating will be tx/rx = 1/7-9. ICOM should design rigs in a more
'green' way, by low power consumption for sustainable emergency operations. Thanks!
KG7AV Rating: 2019-02-23
Still Going Stong Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Picked one up on the HRO blowout in 2014 and wrote a new-owner review. Here we are, five years later, and it's still a rock solid rig for me. Read everything in the past on blowing finals, overheating, oxidized fuse holders, and the rest. Have experienced none of it. If the quality was that variable, so be it and thank the Maker, I apparently got a good one.

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Earlier 5-star review posted by KG7AV on 2014-04-28

An IC-718 had been my primary rig for some time. Liked the idea of a compact all-band all-mode rig, and followed the reviews of the FT-857 and the IC-7000. When HRO started blowing them out with the extra year warranty to make room for the 7100's, couldn't resist. The digital filter capability and the voice/keyer capability are great. I love the functional simplicity of my 718, but the 7000 is my new go-to rig.
VA3ZYZ Rating: 2018-12-30
Great Radio for such a small box Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I bought the radio new
just a great compact radio that I have never had any problems awesome receiver for such a contact radio as a base station
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