[Elecraft] Icom 735 inquiry

[Darwin, Keith]

I had an IC735.  On paper it sure looked like a great rig.  In practice
I found the sound of the rig to be irritating.  Background noise was
harsh and spiky for lack of a better word.  Recovered audio left me
wanting to turn the rig off.  GC receive, which I though would be a
great thing, turned out to be something I almost never used.

I tried to like it, really.  I had wanted one for years but found
quickly after owning one that it was not gonna hold my interest.

As soon as the K2 was up & running, the 735 went up for sale.  I'm sure
there a lot of happy IC-735 owners out there (notice how I've spelled it
3 different ways in this post? :-) but I'm not one of them.

YMMV

- Keith KD1E -
- K2 5411 -

-----Original Message-----
I think the brunt of IC-735's were built in the mid to later 80's.  So
kind of aging a bit now.

For the money, a nice little rig, and GC receive too.