[Elecraft] OT: ICE still functioning?

[Milt -- N5IA]

My experience has been just the opposite of Jim's.  I have seven each of the 
419's purchased at various times.  All have been used extensively in a 
contesting environment of multi-multi, both modes simultaneously.

No failures.  Absolute perfect performance.  No complaints.

YMMV.

Mis dos centavos, de Milt, N5IA

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-----Original Message----- 
From: Jim Brown
Sent: Thursday, April 28, 2011 8:28 AM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT: ICE still functioning?

There was general agreement  that while ICE filters "work," they
are rather prone to fail at their rated 100W power levels, and everyone
who said they owned them reported failures.

I've had two such failures
in the two years that I've owned two of them. Quality control is also
poor -- of four single-band filters and two 419's that I bought, all
arrived out of alignment.