so ive been keeping an eye on the IC-7760 that icom announced and honestly i dont know what to think yet. the whole remote head thing is interesting but i already have an ic-7300 that does everything i need so hard to justify. though i will say the specs look pretty wild if they hold up in the real world.

also separate thing — 10m and 6m have been absolutely nuts the last couple weeks if you havent been on. caught a few ZL and JA stations on 10m SSB last tuesday around 1400 UTC with just my dipole, no amp nothing. the kind of opening where you just sit there going wait what is happening. cycle 25 really is delivering.

anyone else been watching the new gear announcements or have thoughts on whether icom is just going after the flex crowd with this one? feels like the market is getting interesting again

yeah the 7760 caught my eye too. i watched the announcement video like three times trying to figure out if the remote head actually adds anything over just running the radio on a network with something like RS-BA1 but it seems like the latency would be way better doing it hardwired i guess. still feels like a lot of money though. my 7300 isnt going anywhere anytime soon.

on the 10m thing — totally agree, i worked a handful of europeans last weekend from the midwest which almost never happens for me this time of year. my neighbor who just got his tech thought his radio was broken at first because he wasnt used to seeing anything on 28mhz lol. had to explain propagation to him for about 20 minutes. good problem to have

wait 10m has been open?? i havent even turned the radio on in like two weeks, been swamped with work stuff. this is exactly why i need to set up some kind of alert. does anyone use a cluster or an app for that kind of thing or do you just kind of check in regularly? im still pretty new to HF so i never know when to bother listening vs when its just dead air