[ForSale-Swap] FS: Icom 756 (can bring to OK City Hamfest)

[John Geiger]

THIS IS A RELISTING, AS I HAD A COUPLE OF DEALS NOT WORK OUT, AND LOST AN
EMAIL ADDRESS OR 2.

I have for sale an Icom 756 HF/6m radio which I will
bring to Ham Holiday in OKlahoma City on Saurday if anyone is interested in
doing a local deal for it.
it.  If you can't make Ham Holiday on Saturday, I can
even bring it by your house while I am in OK City for
Ham Holiday, and I will ship it in the US.

The 756 does dual receive, and has the band scope which is very useful for
finding activity. This is not the PRO, it is the 756 original model, but
there are no lines in the screen, and it works just fine with one exception:

The receive seems a bit low on it.  It receives ok, and I worked 300
stations  with it in the IARU contest this past weekend,  but it  seems that
you have to turn the preamp on a little more than you do on most 756s.  The
preamps do seem to work as they bring up the signal level and the background
noise.  I seem to need Preamp 1 or preamp 2 on for 30m, and preamp 1 on for
40 meters, when I usually run radios with no preamps on those bands.  It
seems a little more noticable on 6m.  I worked on local station on 6m, and
he was S9 on the 756 and about S9+20 on an Icom 706mKIIG. Now I realize that
it could be differences in S meters,  but he did sound a bit louder on the
706 as well.  I also observed similar results on HF when comparing the 2
rigs, just not as dramatic on the S meter.

I have emails from both Scott Malcom at MTS and Mike
N1EQ who believe the problem is just an RX muting
diode or 2, and they estimate it would be $75 or so to
fix and ship.  I can forward you copies of these emails if you like.  I will
point out again that the 756 is very usable on HF, and I have made some 6m
QSOs with it, but it doesn't seem quite as sensitive there as it should be.
I could hang on to it and use it on HF myself (and might wish I did) but I
find myself becoming too obsessive about gear any more and want everything
working perfectly.

The Icom 756 comes with the power cord, hand mic, and
a copy of the manual and service manual on CD.  The
case is in very good condition, and the main reason I
am selling it was that I picked up another rig to use
while I sent the 756 in, and like this other rig enough that I would like to
keep it and get a couple of accessories for it.

Anyways, I am asking $620 for the 756 for an in-person deal or $665 shipped
via paypal.  I would definitely prefer paypal so I have some money to spend
this weekend at the OK City hamfest.  As stated before, it will work fine
for you on HF and 6m for most things without doing anything to it, or you
can send it in for repair yourself.

Any interest out there?  Please respond by email to aa5jg at LCISP dot COM.
I can be reached by phone at
580-591-6885 if you wish to speak to me more about it.

73s John AA5JG (Ex W5TD, NE0P)
(ex: W5TD, NE0P, N0EEN, KA0IFG)
Confirmed 6M addict: 6M WAS #1275, 6m VUCC #1260