so my local dealer finally got a demo unit of the IC-7760 in and i got to spend about 45 minutes with it yesterday afternoon. been following this one since the announcement and honestly its a lot to take in all at once. the remote head concept is pretty slick in person, way more so than in the promo videos icom put out. the display is huge and the knobs have this really solid feel to them, not that cheap plasticky feedback you get on some rigs.

anyway 20 meters was just absolutely roaring when i was there, the dx cluster had like 40 spots on the band all at once and we worked a couple stations with it just to hear the audio. the rx audio through the built in speaker was surprisingly good, not tinny at all. still trying to decide if i can justify the price but man it was hard to walk away from the store. anyone else had hands on time with one yet or is anyone still waiting for stock to show up near them

ive been on the waitlist at gigaparts since like october and still nothing, getting a little impatient honestly. the remote head thing is what sold me on it from the start because my shack situation is kind of awkward and being able to mount the head somewhere else would solve a problem ive been working around for two years. glad to hear the rx audio holds up, that was one thing i was nervous about after reading some early impressions that were kind of mixed on it. how did it handle strong adjacent signals, did you get a chance to test that at all while you were there

yeah 20m has been something else this week. we had a big opening Tuesday evening and i worked into eastern europe with 50 watts which doesnt happen for me very often at this point in the cycle. anyway back to the radio — the price point is pretty steep but its not totally out of line when you stack it up against what kenwood and yaesu have been doing at the top end. my old 7600 is still working fine so i cant really talk myself into upgrading but i get why people are excited. let us know if you end up pulling the trigger