The IC-7600 Page

by Adam Farson, VA7OJ/AB4OJ

Hot News! New IC-7600 V2.00 Firmware was released on 18 May 2015.

Once again, we are honored and excited to present a new Icom HF/6m transceiver.

The above photo illustrates the IC-7600 as presented at Tokyo HamFair 2008. The IC-7600 is a 100W-class HF/6m HF transceiver, utilizing Icom's well-known and proven IF-DSP architecture and feature set. Note the large TFT display screen. More information will be provided here as it becomes available.

The IC-7600 received FCC certification on February 9, 2009. FCC ID: AFJ307300.

In the photo below, it will be noted that the elimination of the moving-coil meter has freed up sufficient front-panel space to accommodate the IC-7600's larger TFT display.

Salient Points:

• 13.8V, 100W-class HF/6m transceiver
• 4-pin DC power connector on rear panel
• 3 roofing filters: 15, 6 and 3 kHz
• Dual Watch*
• +30 dBm IP3
• PIN Diode switched RF bandpass filters, common to RX and TX
• Single USB port on front (USB thumb drive/keyboard, TBD)
• Single USB port on rear (Rig Control)
• RTTY/PSK31 Encode/decode
• APF/TPF (CW Audio Peak Filter/RTTY Twin Peak Filter)
• Separate RX-OUT and RX-IN antenna ports
• Transverter port
• Preamps 1 and 2 usable when in transverter mode, unlike IC-756Pro series
• Transverter output range: -15 ~ -1.5 dBm
• Frequency display offset configurable via menu
• Audio controls similar to IC-7700
• TBW
• TX/RX audio controls
• Compression adjustable via menu
• Spectrum Scope features identical to IC-7700
• DSP Noise Blanker similar to IC-7700
• AM/CW auto tune
• IF filters and Twin PBT fully adjustable in AM mode
• No sensitivity degradation below 1.6 MHz
• Preamps 1 & 2 also usable below 1.6 MHz
• Improved PA temperature monitoring
• Temperature gauge displayed with Multi-Function Meter
• Initially reduces Po by 3 dB
• Then inhibits transmit
• Normal operation restored on cool-down
• Items not fitted: Digi-Sel

*Performance in DW reduced due to RF BPF bandwidth if signals are on different bands

Translation of Icom Japan IC-7600 Press Release by N. Oba JA7UDE

• Icom’s proven IF-DSP technology
• HF+50MHz (SSB/CW/RTTY/PSK31/AM/FM)
• Power output: 100W
• MOSFET PA with 2 x RD100HHF1
• Expected release date in JA: End of January, 2009
• MSRP: 398,000 Yen
• IC-7600 is a mid-range transceiver between IC-7800/IC-7700 and IC-7000/IC-7200
• Plain English menus allow rapid change of set mode settings and features
• Selectable roofing filters: 3kHz, 6kHz, and 15kHz
• Double superhet with an image-rejection 2nd mixer
• Vastly improved in-band IMD with image-reject 2nd mixer
• Dynamic range 104dB, IP3 = +30dBm
• Two 32-bit floating-point DSPs. TI TMS320C6726B for TX and RX; TI TMS320C6720B for the spectrum scope
• IC-7700: TI TMS320C6727B for TX and RX; TI TMS320C6720B for scope
• 5.8 inch (diagonal) 320X240 LCD with a long life, quick-start LED backlight
• Digital meter scales display Po, ALC, SWR, COMP, VD, ID, PA temperature
• Dual Watch
• RTTY and PSK31 encoder/decoder
• CW rise-time adjustment range 2 ~ 10 mS
• Two USB ports
• Front port for keyboard and memory key (thumb drive)
• Rear port for PC control and baseband audio (Rx/Tx)
• TCXO: 0.5ppm in the range 0 - 50°C
• Mechanical relay (16V/0.5A) and FET relay (250V/200mA) for keying external amplifier

FCC ID: AFJ307300.