[ICOM] New Pro III - Hold On Guys!

[awallacejr at sbcglobal.net]

Met Art Collins many years ago in Dallas as a young tax lawyer working on
the sale of Collins as an independent company. Collins had either a home
office in Dallas or a very significant office that Art Collins spent a lot
of time in--I never got to Iowa.

Art struck me at the time as a rather technical type with much less talent
on the financial and business side. My memory is Collins essentially had to
sell.

This was almost 20 years before I became a ham so I had no idea what Art
Collins meant to a lot of people--he was an interesting character though.
And their primary asset of value was represented as their military
contracts, not the ham business which seemed almost a sideline.

Andy  K5VM




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Lambing" <w0lpq9 at msn.com>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] New Pro III - Hold On Guys!


Hi Adam.....by the way, Bill D and I have been swapping barbs for a long
time.  I bought an SM20 and SP21 from him as well as a couple other things.
He is a character to be sure..! Send him a joke once in a while to keep his
spirits up..!

RC is doing ... ok .. with some of the contracts they have won lately, I
figured their stock would be higher, but the market won't let it.  I had a
good 35 years with them.  Worked ham stuff, their Comm Center in Cedar and
several Coast Guard programs before going into Field Service with aircraft
goodies.  Used to have an S-3 line with 30L-1, but traded it for the 756
Pro.  Not sorry one bit either..!  Used to belong to the CCA, but dropped it
with all the inside arguing..!  I see Floyd, W8RO at our Antenna Shootouts
in Anderson, Indiana twice a year, but last year he had little to say, since
I did not pay my dues to the CCA..!  Oh well..

The Pro is a good radio with great audio, which by the way, sounds better on
the Icom SP-21 than the Kenwood SP-23.  I installed some foam in the SP-23,
but did little for the audio on the Pro.

I sold my 740 to a guy in Oklahoma. It was a good radio (had the compressor
problem .. relay) but since I always used a hand mic, I had to have the
compressor on.  Also had the preamp switch problem, but even with the parts
to do the mod (I never did) the preamp was not necessary.

A couple of the posts on this subject really were not good.  I cannot
believe the way people trounce other radios.  Almost makes me want to visit
them and have a more detailed discussion..!

73 ... stay well up there...love your site by the way...

Bill, W0LPQ


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