Was it supposed to or many people convinced themselves it should have had it and got disappointed?
The pre-release material explicitly mentions 4m for the units sold in Europe, obviously nothing is final until it hits the shelves or some regulatory paperwork emerges with more details.
Regarding the IC-705, it was stated in the ICOM UK advert in RadCom that it would cover 4m. Later, they had to retract. As with all pre-release announcements, nothing is 100% until the final production units roll off the production line. I believe the issue was that the IC705 used a 90 MHz IF for some of the higher frequencies, and trying to operate at 70 MHz would conflict by some image frequency or something. In any case, I kept my IC7300; I had considered selling it and buying the IC-705 as, at the time, I was using 4 metres a lot. At the moment, 4m is not available in Germany; however, we hope that will change soon.
73 Ed.
One of the pictures I’ve seen shows the rig connected up to a laptop using the USB-C port located on the head unit, and no other wires seen going to the main body of the radio. I’m curios if one can have the control head, laptop, and be sitting in camper/tent/POTA park/etc. and using the builit in Wifi, connect up to the main radio body and use it that way ?? And what about those ports for the control head/main radio. Saw some speculation that they are ethernet ports like the newer 7760. Able to control the radio over the internet? RSB1-A software?
I have the 7100 and use it a lot for camping/outdoor use. I find it burdensome to have to run a longer USB cable from my laptop in the tent and back out to the truck where the main radio body sits along with one of those less expensive tuners I picked up off Aliexpress…
Interesting radio non-the-less though…I’ll wait till all the Beta-testers have had it in there hands and all the kinks are worked out first though 
73, Todd KH2TJ
Please look at the photos carefully. The ports that look like LAN ports on the main radio body are labeled “MIC” and “CONTROLLER”. I think, as per the IC-7100, the controller must be connected to the control head via cable.
If you’d like not to be tethered to the rig from your PC, the answer is to use Wireless remote control, and control the IC7110 via remote control software over Wifi, (with, for example RS-BA1 v2 or other software), as it would appear that as per the 705, 7300mk2 and others, it has Icom’s remote control server built in.
73, Steve ZL1TZP
I still have the bracket that came with my ts-480 to sort of attach the head to the body. It make it one piece but they still remain seperate pieces if you get me. I did take the TS-480 for a couple of SOTA’s at the beginning before i got a Ft817. These Icoms all just look like they stole the separate head idea Kenwood had 20 years ago and haven’t innovated since. Although I’m sure someone will say Kenwood weren’t the first. its the first i remember lol.
The Yaesu FT100 and Icom 706 series, which date from around 2000, all had removable front panels but required a specific cable to be used between the head unit and the main body. It had limitations partly due to the fact that rx audio and tx mike audio was on that cable in analog form.
That concept was translated to an ethernet connection by the RemoteRig business. Our departed friend Guru EA2IF used that system to operate from his apartment while actually using his home rig 20-30km away.
However more recent radios have either a USB connection to a local PC or Mac or Linux computer, a wifi connection or an ethernet port which allows you to connect it to your shack router and at the remote site, connect to the IP address of the router (cutting out a few necessary details). The remote site can use any compatible remote control software. I use Icom’s RS-BA1 on a PC, the WFView app on a laptop and SDR-Remote from DL8MRE (Markus) on my Ipad. All versions provide the dual receiver facilities of the 7610. The only thing I haven’t done is implement a remote cw paddle which would enable a far more realistic method of transmitting morse. Without that you have to type your text and there is ample scope for errors even then. Also it lacks the immediacy of a hand to key interface.
So to me the unanswered questions is whether the 7110 has a method of connecting to either the remote front panel or to the internet via bluetooth or Wifi to enable a fully remote operation.
Andrew vk1da/vk2da
Having read the comments so far, it is clear everyone has their own opinion on what makes a good radio.
Looks like it’s lacking a tuner :
So what, I don’t want or need a tuner for my radio hobby. Great weight saving option implemented there.
European version to have 4m :
Great, just what I want. But I’ll wait for the official release, as it was the last minute removal of 4m from the IC-705 that put me off purchasing on for a very long time.
Weight :
Weight not announced yet, but I suspect it will be similar to the IC-7100. No problem, my 7100 has accompanied me on most of my activations.
But here’s the deal breaker…still using SO-239 for the VHF/UHF connector.
Have Icom learnt nothing from all of the complaints of previous radios that are missing an N-Type?
Stuart - G1ZAR
You don’t understand… that’s market strategy… that’ll come in the Mark-II version in a few years. 
73 Armin
If I were to take it up a mountain, I’d wait for the IC-705 MKII… will it be next on the list?
The integrated battery and the absence of wiring are my preferences.
The 7110 is a car tranceiver, we’ll see what voltage it’s comfortable with.
I’d not be happy taking the IC-705 or similar screened SDRs up a mountain - even when in a bulletproof case, they seem to be designed more for park activations than to risk them being dropped or knocked on even just a scramble up a mountain.
I’ll stick with my G106 and G90 for summit actions (FT-817ND/818 would also fit here).
I agree the IC-7110 is a car (or shack) radio, not a SOTA radio.
73 Ed DD5LP.
705 and KX2 are stronger and more resilient than you may expect. I’m sure I could break the screen on the 705 if I tried. I’ve kicked my KX2 when I had cramp and it flew about 1m. Likewise the KX2 found a local “strong gravity field” and fell 1m or so from a rock shelf on to rocks. There’s a mark on the case but no other issues.
To paraphrase a VW Golf advert from the early 1980s, the 705/KX2 is “very tough as old boot”.
Hi Ed,
I’ve taken the 705 out on SOTA activations quite a bit recently. Despite it’s relative bulk, it’s comfortable to use and I haven’t had a problem with readability in sunlight at all.
As far as robustness goes, I fell backwards onto a slippery rock shelf last week with the 705 in the pack. The unbreakable Nalgene bottle broke, the case for the (hardly used) key was shattered and expecting the worst for the 705, I took the printed protective cover off to find no damage at all. It is protected by a 3d printed cage with a front cover.
I normally have the KX2 in a soft case. I’m sure that would have been damaged if it was in the pack, time to look for a hard case case.
Glenn VK3YY.
Yes, the IC‑7110 can be — or is — a mobile rig. But let’s not forget that the same was true for the FT‑857, the FT‑7100 and the FTX‑1, all of them with a detachable front panel design.
But there’s something people tend to overlook: not everyone has the money to own one rig for the shack and another one for activations, whether it’s an island, a park, or a mountain. I’m sure many will say, ‘I use my QMX or (TR)uSDX both at home and for activations,’ but that’s not the same as ‘If I can do it, everyone can.’
Before starting SOTA, I also wanted a rig that could serve both as a fixed and portable station, and I narrowed it down to two: the FT‑857 and the KX2. I ended up choosing the FT‑857 because it also had V/UHF and more power.
I started SOTA in 2017, and until 2024 I carried the FT‑857 on my back along with a sort of powerbank to feed that voltage‑hungry beast. Ideal? Of course not. But I would’ve stayed home if I had read comments like, ‘Nooo, the FT‑857 (same goes for the FT‑100, FTX‑1, IC‑706, IC‑7110) is bulky and power‑hungry.
Yes, I’ve owned two FT-857 and always thought they were a good QRO option for SOTA, /M, and home use, as they were an affordable, multi-purpose radio. Now many colleagues use the FT-891 successfully. However, I also had an IC-7000 and didn’t use it in the mountains; it consumed a lot of power and overheated. The same applies to the IC-7110, which I don’t think will go for less than €1800—too much equipment for short periods of use
If I only had, for example, an IC-7300, would I take it to the mountains? No, of course not. Other colleagues might decide to take it, which is fine by me, but for me it’s not the right equipment, and I feel somewhat the same way about the 7110. The important thing is to get out and have fun; the equipment is secondary.
(in my opinion).
The main problem I find when I take my 891 on an activation, is getting the dipole I normally use with the KX-2 set up, Nic filling in the log and getting ready to spot and then me trying to plug the BNC dipole in… oh how Nic laughs 
Apparently if I forget the adapter again, Nic is going to throw the 891 off a cliff with me attached! 
73, Simon
Perhaps she would like one of her own for Christmas? 
A Yaesu FT-891 is for life. Not just for Christmas. 
Thanks Adrian, I suspect that would have the same result as buying her a vacuum cleaner…
