so ive been keeping an eye on the IC-7760 stuff since icom finally started shipping them to dealers here in the states and honestly the remote head design is way more interesting to me than i expected. been watching a few unboxing videos and reading the early reviews on eham and it seems like the people who are actually getting hands on time with it are pretty happy, especially guys doing mobile or shack-in-a-closet setups where the separation really matters.

also on a completely different note -- 10 meters has been absolutely wild this past week. had a qso with a station in south africa on 28.490 yesterday morning like it was nothing, just called CQ and he came right back. solar flux has been hanging around 200+ which i havent seen in a long time. if you havent turned on your radio in a while, seriously worth firing it up and just spinning the dial on 10 or even 12 meters.

anyone else been checking out the new icom or is everyone waiting for prices to settle a bit? i'm tempted but my 7300 still works fine so hard to justify it right now honestly.

yeah 10m has been insane, i worked like 14 countries last Saturday in about two hours just running barefoot with a vertical. my neighbor actually came over and asked why i was on the radio so much haha. the flux being this high really does make you appreciate what the bands can do -- i remember back in the last solar minimum trying to squeeze anything useful out of 10m and it was just dead most days.

on the 7760, i handled one at the dayton hamvention display last year before they started shipping and the build quality felt really solid. the remote head cable setup is cleaner than i expected. that said i think youre right to wait, initial pricing is gonna be painful and the 7300 is still one of the best radios ever made for the money so there's no real rush unless you have a specific reason you need that form factor.

wait 10 meters is actually open right now?? im still pretty new (got my general like 8 months ago) and ive mostly just been on 40m because thats where all the activity seemed to be when i was learning. i have a dipole that should cover 10m i just never really tried it. gonna have to get on there this weekend and see what happens, didnt realize we were near solar max or whatever.