[CVRC] IC-701 FS

[Jack/AE7DX]

I am posting this item in hopes of finding a local buyer 
before listing it elsewhere:

Economic circumstances, plus the opportunity to acquire a 
70-foot crankup tower, persuades me to sell my ICOM IC-701 
HF transceiver with the IC-SM2 desk mic. This is a 100-watt 
160-10 meter SSB/CW/FSK rig but does not and cannot have the 
WARC bands.  The rig is in excellent condition and has 
worked well for me in both casual SSB use and in CW and SSB 
contests. I originally bought the rig with contesting in 
mind and, given the affordability of the rig plus the very 
good receiver characteristics, this was an easy choice.

The rig is a digital readout with resolution to 100Hz and 
covers 1.8 to 29.9999MHz plus 15MHz WWV with extended 
receive coverage beyond the Amateur bands by grounding a pin 
on the accessory connector on the rear panel. The '701 has 
dual VFOs with front-panel selection so you can
rx/tx with any combination. The rig has receiver passband 
tuning, an effective noise blanker, RIT, a 10db attenuator 
that can be switched in or out and a narrow audio filter 
that is switched in when operating in the "CW Narrow" mode. 
I understand that there are INRAD filters available for this 
rig but this one has the stock filters. The '701 has the 
capability of being used with VHF transverters via an RCA 
jack on the rear panel (you'd have to consult the manual for 
details on that). There are also RCA connectors on the rear 
of the rig that will allow use of an external receive 
antenna which is great for using that 800 foot Beverage in 
the 160 contest!

The '701 transmitter has an SSB speech processor and VOX 
plus is fully metered allowing you to look at audio 
compression, ALC, power output (although I do not know how 
accurate that is) final collector current and collector 
voltage. The transmitter can operate FSK (RTTY) with
either a wide or narrow shift. Mark/space is selected by a 
contact closure on the accessory connector...that's for 
interface with a polar relay for those old enough to 
remember such things :>)

There are only two things that I have found wrong with the 
rig, both of which are relatively minor. First, if you 
attempt to use the rig when it is cold (temperatures in the 
40 to 50 degree range) the synthesizer exhibits some 
instability (random hopping in frequency anywhere from a
few hundred Hertz to a couple of kilohertz). Since I have 
the rig in my garage shack it does get fairly chilly, even 
though the room is insulated, so I leave the rig on all the 
time so that it stay warm regardless of room temperature and 
the instability never appears. Second, when changing bands 
the rig defaults to the bottom of the band (1.800MHz, 
3.500MHz, 7.000MHz, etc) which means having to tune up the
band to get to your desired frequency. I *think* there is 
some sort of "CMOS-type" battery that needs to be replaced 
but I have never looked for it and don't know how it is 
configured. Tuning up-band quickly is made easy by a "fast 
tune" mode that allows the synthesizer to step 10kHz at a 
time instead of the normal 100Hz steps.

Aside from those two problems this rig has given me 
excellent service on all bands, including 160, on CW and 
SSB. I have not had occasion to run RTTY but the rig does 
put out power in the RTTY position if you key the
transmitter manually, so I know it does work in that mode. 
Physically the rig is in surprising condition with little 
evidence of wear. There are a few places where one can see 
very slight imperfections but these are all quite minor. The 
front panel almost looks as good as the day it first came 
out of the carton from ICOM so someone obviously took good
care of this rig! I do have a copy of the manual in pdf 
format which I can send as an attachment in an e-mail to the 
buyer. The rig requires a 13.8 volt power supply at a 
maximum current of about 18 amps.

I am asking $150.00 for the IC-701 and IC-SM2 mic. I live in 
Silver Springs and work in Reno so I can arrange to meet 
someone for delivery anywhere in Reno/Sparks/CC/Carson 
Valley/Fernley/Fallon/etc. If you have any questions please 
contact me via e-mail.

Thanks,

Jack, AE7DX