The IC-730 powered right up. Good reception on all bands that had activity. All the function switches on the front panel seem to operating properly. Just needs a little cleaning. I attached a key and on 40 meters the radio output was just above 100 watts CW on my watt meter. Good tone, clean break in. I used the mic off of my bench IC-718 and transmitted on LSB. Worked, good clean signal. Just the transceiver and power cord. Enhancements include: dual digital VFOs, and noise blanker. The advanced, quad conversion receiver section includes selectable AGC and a preamp. You get one memory per band. Frequency coverage is: 3.5-4, 7-7.3, 10-10.5 (receive), 14-14.35, 18-18.5, 21-21.45, 24.5-25 and 28-29.7 MHz. There is a built-in speaker in the top panel. Features an SO-239 antenna jack, speaker jack, 1/4 inch key jack and accessory port. On the top panel allows for additional radio settings and installation of optional EX-195. This radio requires 13.8 VDC at 20 Amps. There could be other issues with the unit that are yet to be discovered. Will require maintenance sooner or later. The item “Icom IC-730 HF Ham Radio Transceiver” is in sale since Tuesday, June 12, 2018. This item is in the category “Consumer Electronics\Radio Communication\Ham, Amateur Radio\Ham Radio Transceivers”. The seller is “raptor7x” and is located in Covington, Georgia. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, Taiwan, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Israel, New Zealand, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Qatar, Croatia.
- Model: IC-730
- Type: Base Station
- Frequency Band(s): HF
- Brand: Icom