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Median sold price per month from 8 sold listings (Apr '25–Oct '26). Down ~4% over the period.
Based on classifieds listings marked SOLD — asking prices sellers marked as sold, not confirmed sale prices. Refreshed daily from our deal-scan comp checks.
| Date sold | Item | Price | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2026 | Icom IC-R75 | $430 | SOLD |
| Sep 2026 | Icom IC-R75 | $440 | SOLD |
| Sep 2026 | Icom IC-R75 | $425 | SOLD |
| Sep 2026 | Icom IC-R75 | $449 | SOLD |
| Aug 2026 | Icom IC-R75 | $660 | SOLD |
| Jul 2026 | Icom IC-R75 | $620 | SOLD |
| Feb 2026 | Icom IC-R75 | $395 | SOLD |
| Apr 2025 | Icom IC-R75 | $450 | SOLD |
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The Icom IC-R75 is a receive-only HF and 6-meter communications receiver, introduced in 1999 and discontinued in early 2016 after a 16-to-17-year run. It tunes 0.03 to 60 MHz (US version) in every mode — USB, LSB, CW, RTTY, AM, synchronous AM, and FM on the higher bands — through a triple-conversion superheterodyne with twin passband tuning, a two-level preamp, and 101 memory channels. It was never a transmitter; it's a listener's radio through and through. It suits shortwave listeners, utility monitors, and DXers who want a dedicated desktop receiver rather than a ham transceiver pressed into listening duty. Owners and reviewers have long called it the best bang-for-the-buck HF receiver ever made, praising its sensitivity and selectivity per dollar, and it still gets recommended years after production ended. It's frequently compared to the IC-718 (same cabinet): the R75 is the better receiver, with triple conversion and a layout built for listening. When buying used: the synchronous AM detector is the famous weakness — it locks poorly, and Icom dropped S-AM from later production entirely. Stock audio on wide AM sounds muffled to many ears; Kiwa Electronics sells audio and sync mods that owners say genuinely fix both. Skip the supplied switching wall wart (one owner measured his at well over spec) and run it on a linear supply or 12V battery. Expect a dead CR2032 clock battery (it's a ~2-year part), check the DC barrel jack for wear, and note that twin passband tuning only shows its value if an optional narrow filter is installed — sellers of sync-equipped early units market that explicitly.
Yes, according to owners who ran both side by side — the R75 is a triple-conversion receiver versus the 718's dual conversion, with different tuning ranges and a layout built around listening. One owner who had both found himself always reaching for the R75, calling it more selective with better dynamic range.
Clearer signals and better audio, but the real gap is the noise-fighting controls: a portable can't match the R75's noise blanker, DSP noise reduction, auto-notch, and twin passband tuning on crowded bands. Owners add the caveat that the antenna matters as much — a good wire or loop transforms it (one owner nearly needed the attenuator on a 25-foot wire).
No. The optional UT-106 is audio DSP (noise reduction and auto-notch); it doesn't change IF filter behavior, so it won't un-muffle the narrow filter — that's the character of the stock filter complement. Owners wanting better audio went to the Kiwa audio mods or added optional narrow filters, and several report they don't miss the DSP at all for everyday listening.
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