[Icom] 761

Sun, 13 Apr 2003 23:19:02 -0700

Het, when the CEO & CFO tell you to buy a new rig are you going to=20
argue.  I did!  Fortunately, I lost again.

Chris opr VE7HCB
At 08:21 PM 2003-04-13 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi gang,
>
>Well, the 761 is still quite sick.  I spent almost 3 hours on the phone
>with a retired solid state expert today and just about everything is
>correct on it but it is still not working, in fact a few other things have
>quit, like the speech processor, NB and part of the display is flickering.
>
>So, I do not think it is really worth investing anymore time or $$ in so I
>am going to retire it as a parts rig to support my other Icom's. Since it
>has had so much work done on it by others in the past, I think professional
>repair would be too time consuming and expensive and much more than the rig
>is really worth.
>
>My XYL was really the one that made my final decision for me.  She asked
>what I was going to use it for when it was fixed and I said a rig for my
>shop.  Her comment was, well if you want another rig for the shop, why not
>just buy a new 756 PRO or PRO II and forget about it, (the 761).
>
>Decision made.  Thanks for all the help.....
>
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