Icom IC-9700 First Play

We pop the IC-9700 on the shack bench and turn it on for the first time! We cover the basics, such as the bands covered, power output and compare the chassis to its twin the IC-7300. We go through quite a few of the menus briefly noting a few differences but overall the interface should be familiar to anyone used to an IC-7300 or IC-7610. The 'OVF' light makes a surprise showing on 2M straight out of the box when connected to my Diamond X510 antenna, but turning the built in pre-amp off. I also discovered later that enabling 'IP+' achieves the same result if you don't want to disable your preamp. After a bit of searching, some FM repeater traffic was found, and we checked out the waterfall / bandscope and audio scope. Despite my lack of time with the radio, the interface is quite intuitive and we hope you enjoy the brief tour. Please stick around for the journey over the coming months as we go through the combined 269 pages of basic and advanced manuals, and let us know in the comments what you'd like to learn about. 73, Jarrad VK3BL