I think that's a great deal.  Not too long ago, I was offered $800 for mine (which has the factory carry handles) and the backpack.  I passed.  

Built like a tank.

I have noticed connecting to various apps can mysteriously turn on narrow filters, which results in no-decodes on something like JS8 or FT8.  No idea why it does this, and it's just as likely to be something on my PC or the collection of Amateur Radio apps fighting each other, but worth noting.  

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I read your post and found this thread about the IC-7200. The RX on mine is very good. YMMV

That diagram shows more changes - I'm guessing it's starting from a bare or fully populated board.
The US version has half the work done already. I'm hoping only removal of D49 is needed as you both said.

The video has a note that removing 53 and 54 for RX "didn't work" for him. Any ideas what this /should/ have done?

I removed D49 and it opened up TX/RX from 1.8 to 30 MHz.  I didn't bother to take a photo of the board before the mod, so I can't tell you what other diodes were installed or what they do.

I opened up mine as well several years ago. I believe all that was necessary was to remove D49 if I remember correctly.  Works great. You do lose the edge of band beep notification, but otherwise everything else functions as normal.

I got the latest (~1.94) version of wfview working with the 7200. Can share details of the config here if anyone wants it or the ongoing thread on their forum has a bunch of details which may help others troubleshoot their setups.

Client tablet has a KH-23 headset, Bluetooth mouse (Logitech M-550) and the Icom RC-28 remote encoder attached. All work slick. Remote activation of an antenna tuner and lots of other niceties are supported in this release and I'm after the team to make a few more changes to the UI for this rig pre-2.0.

by all means, please post your notes
knowledge is best when shared

the KENWOOD TS-590 is a wonderful rig.

The 590SG is the last HF transceiver I would get rid of.

me too

LOVE IT

Same here, love my 590!

One of the easier radios to really master IMO but was an average receiver when it was new.  They really need to make a new version with a similar interface.  Some of the best from the 7300 or 7410 with the looks of the 7200.   They updates the 718 but haven’t heard how much better it is now.   I could see the ft710 from yaesu as the next darling

The latest published version of wfview is 1.65 - which has very minimal support for the 7200. To get the latest enhancements (v1.94+) you have to build from source and issue the "creator-widgets" argument against the build script. This is easy to do in Linux and links to the build script can be found on the Developer's Corner area of the wfview website.

Once installed on client and server device, configure the Radio Server section of the program on the server PC. "Half Duplex" will cause the program to crash every single time. Set it to Full Duplex. Joe is likely removing this choice in future builds. The audio devices and audio system should be set to use the two Burr-Brown devices (one for input; the other output) via the QT Audio drop-down. Set the radio to use a USB connection (in Radio Access) and set a user name/password (in the Radio Server section). Connect the 7200's rear panel USB interface to a USB jack on the host system - you're using it for audio I/O as well as CAT control.

On the client: If using an RC-28 remote, there are instructions on the support forum for adding a profile to the /etc/rules.d directory to allow users to access USB HIDs. Once this is done and the client launched you should be able to go to the "External Control" section of the Settings dialog, select the RC-28 and configure its buttons. Use QT Audio here - your headset must be registered as a Hands-Free Profile (HFP) device in Bluetooth Manager. Select "source" and "sink" for the input and output devices appropriately. My KH-23 shows up as a "bluez...source" and "bluez...sink" if HFP is selected. RX and TX Codecs should be selected next; Opus and LCPM 2ch/1ch seem to work be with regards to network latency for me. In Radio Access, enter the IP address of your host server, along with the user/pass you entered on server setup.

On the server side, "Connect to radio" via the button. Once the display indicates sync, do same from the client PC. If all was configured properly you should get audio in the headset and the various buttons, sliders and whatnot allow control of the radio remotely. I'd try this operation in the same room so one can get a feel of how things work before trying it at a distance. Note you may have to play with the TX and RX Latency sliders (in the client Settings - Radio Access area) to minimize audio dropouts. Experiment with what works best for your specific LAN.

I configured my RC-28's setting as: Knob is VFO A, left button and LED2 is NB On/Off as a Toggle, right button and LED3 is NR On/Off  (same), and the big button as PTT On/PTT Off (momentary) with LED1 as its indicator. You have to hold the button to transmit. Releasing it puts the rig back into RX.