Love it.....especially with the external speaker. 😎😎 I repaired a friend's IC-781 some years ago and used it for a few weeks before he took it back. Great rig.....very full up inside. I fitted a Sherwood fan kit to the rear panel to cool the PSU a bit. Thanks for showing that IC-780.
Hi Brenton, Yes looks like my 780. Mine also has a scratchy pre amp switch. Can’t blame it for its age…. Mine is also absolutely mint with a Sherwood fan kit. Recently I have replaced the fan for a modern silent computer fan on the Sherwood kit. I noticed you could not make much sense with the power out on carrier modes I noticed that your drive control was turned too far down. It needs to be at least half way at 12 o’clock . The first 781’s came to Australia around late 1989. This was my dream radio back then but out of reach financially for me so I bought one about 25 years after they came out. Yes they will do over 200 watts and it has an bullet proof tuner. I have my 780 hooked up to a mint IC 2KL amplifier for the complete 780 station I have all the boxes manuals including the rare original service manual too… you can tell I love this radio eh?? My opinion is all things equal it’s the best HF radio ICOM ever made…. ARA did a couple of reviews on this back in 1989 and 1990 too, I still have those magazines too… I’m pretty much an 780 aficionado I reckon…. Thanks for showing us this great old radio, all good analog goodness😊😊 Les VK3TEX, ECHUCA, VICTORIA.
Not a big Icom fan (I did use a IC-756 for a few years and still have it as a backup) but any radio that relies more on knobs than menus catches my attention. (I do like the auto tuner on the 756, quick and had quite a large matching range.) Looks like a great old radio still doing the job well.
I have 2 of them, IC-780 JP. The difference between 780 and 781 is that 780 has got 100Watts TX output, 28MHz is 50W, AM-40W, FM-50W. Radio you have probably had a TX up mods done.
Nice old radio is an understatement
Brenton! You always have the best of the best. Thanks for showing us a mint Icom IC780. 73 Joe😃
Don't you just love an nice Analogue meter.
Love it.....especially with the external speaker. 😎😎 I repaired a friend's IC-781 some years ago and used it for a few weeks before he took it back. Great rig.....very full up inside. I fitted a Sherwood fan kit to the rear panel to cool the PSU a bit. Thanks for showing that IC-780.
That sure is a nice looking radio for it's age just out of curiosity how much do they sell for now
Hello Brenton. Just love your youtube channel. Wishing you all the best from Canada. Continue to take care of yourself. Mike VE3XLF.
Hi Brenton,
Yes looks like my 780. Mine also has a scratchy pre amp switch. Can’t blame it for its age….
Mine is also absolutely mint with a Sherwood fan kit. Recently I have replaced the fan for a modern silent computer fan on the Sherwood kit.
I noticed you could not make much sense with the power out on carrier modes I noticed that your drive control was turned too far down. It needs to be at least half way at 12 o’clock .
The first 781’s came to Australia around late 1989. This was my dream radio back then but out of reach financially for me so I bought one about 25 years after they came out.
Yes they will do over 200 watts and it has an bullet proof tuner.
I have my 780 hooked up to a mint IC 2KL amplifier for the complete 780 station
I have all the boxes manuals including the rare original service manual too… you can tell I love this radio eh??
My opinion is all things equal it’s the best HF radio ICOM ever made….
ARA did a couple of reviews on this back in 1989 and 1990 too, I still have those magazines too…
I’m pretty much an 780 aficionado I reckon….
Thanks for showing us this great old radio, all good analog goodness😊😊
Les VK3TEX, ECHUCA, VICTORIA.
Just bought one with a broken Regulator board… unfortunately someone has been in there
A land mark radio.. Superb
Not a big Icom fan (I did use a IC-756 for a few years and still have it as a backup) but any radio that relies more on knobs than menus catches my attention. (I do like the auto tuner on the 756, quick and had quite a large matching range.) Looks like a great old radio still doing the job well.
Great radios
I have 2 of them, IC-780 JP. The difference between 780 and 781 is that 780 has got 100Watts TX output, 28MHz is 50W, AM-40W, FM-50W. Radio you have probably had a TX up mods done.
Looks like a CRT display?
1989/1990 approx release of ic781 in vk from memory
In may 1988 the retail price of the IC781 in VK was $10074
Time for a Yaesu FT-710!!