John Plimmer wrote:

Your probably right Ace, as the R8500 was a bit mediocre.
As for the running hot, probably a yes there as well, seems to be an Icom
characteristic.
My 756pro3 runs hot as hell in receive mode only and chews 3.5 amps of
power.

And folks seem to think that the R8 series runs 'hot' at around 2 amps.

dxAce
Michigan
USA