[Icom] IC746PRO

[George, W5YR]

Which raises the question as to why so many postings on the TT list are
concerned with user mods and fixes to correct problems that sound like they
should never occur with properly designed equipment manufactured under even
minimally adequate QC standards.

Having to resolder joints, reroute and reseat cables, tighten mounting
screws, and add shielding, ferrite beads and bypass caps to correct
internal RFI problems does not strike me as evidence of QC to be admired.
In contrast, my 11 year old Icom IC-765 has had only one part failure: the
transmitter pre-driver transistor. And my 756PRO which has been operated up
to 18 hours a days for the past year and a half has yet to hiccup or fail
to perform in every respect according to spec. And my 1982 IC-730 has yet
to require any maintenance at all.

I must be missing something here . . .

73/72/oo, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas         
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe   
Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 56th year and it just keeps getting better!
QRP-L 1373 NETXQRP 6 SOC 262 COG 8 FPQRP 404 TEN-X 11771 I-LINK 11735
Icom IC-756PRO #02121  Kachina 505 DSP  #91900556  Icom IC-765 #02437

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"Caitlyn M.Martin" wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 8 Mar 2002 23:44:16 -0500
> "Steve Jones" <nx1g@rev.net> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for the photos, but unless Ten Tec gets their QC fixed, I would not
> > touch a radio from there. I like my FT1000D too much, Looking at the Pro II
> > now, especially new for 2735.00. 73, Steve
> 
> Hmmm... based on my experience, I'd take Ten Tec QC over Yaesu any day, and over Icom on most days.