so i've been on the waitlist for the Icom IC-7760 since basically forever and my local dealer finally called me yesterday. havent picked it up yet, going thursday. i know theres been a lot of talk about the remote head design and whether it actually works as well as they showed at Hamvention but i guess ill find out soon enough.

also totally unrelated but has anyone noticed 10 meters has been absolutely nuts this week? ive been hearing stations from all over south america and even some JA's coming in around 28.4 during the afternoons. solar flux has been up around 200+ which i havent seen in a while. feels like we're really cooking right now with the cycle.

anyway if anyone has gotten their hands on the 7760 already id love to hear what you think before i drive 45 minutes to pick mine up. mainly curious about the DSP filtering compared to the 7610 which is what im coming from.

man i picked one up about three weeks ago and honestly the remote head thing is even better than i expected. ran the cable through the wall to my shack and the head sits right on my desk while the main unit is in the basement staying cool. the DSP is noticeably tighter than my old 7610, especially on CW when the band is crowded — i was running it during a contest weekend and could pull out signals i wouldve just given up on before.

the one thing that took some getting used to is the menu layout is a bit different, some stuff got moved around from where you'd expect it. nothing a week of use wont fix though. enjoy it, you're gonna love the receiver on 10 right now with conditions the way they are.

oh wow didnt even know that radio was out yet. im pretty new to all this (just got my general a few months ago) so im still running a used FT-891 which works fine for me but its fun reading about the new stuff. is 10 meters usually that active or is this more of a special thing happening right now? i tried tuning around up there a few times and heard some stuff but wasnt sure if i was doing something wrong when i couldnt hear much.