[Icom] Icom 765

Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:18:45 -0700

Mike,
that is a give-away price as its equiped. About what you should expect to
pay for the older and less refined IC-761. I have a very late model (high 5K
s/n) and would sooner part with certain cylindrical body parts than let that
baby go (certainly at that price).
Best of luck!

Kirb,  VE6IV

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Larry
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 12:52 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Icom] Icom 765

A year ago I gave a lot of thought about replacing my IC-765 with an
IC-756ProII until I read the reviews at www.eham.com for the 765. These
convinced me to stick with the 765.

Mine has been a great radio although I did have one problem. The beast
wouldn't power up. Going to the Icom web-site, I found that the problem
could be the current-limiting resistor in the power supply (actually it's a
small bar). The corrective action was to resolder the bar and that fixed
the problem. Other than this one thing, the rig has been great.

Bottom line: Go for it, you won't regret doing so.

73 - Larry W�NFU
[email protected]

At 09:28 AM 3/24/2004, you wrote:

>I don't have a dog in this fight, as it were, but after using my 765 since
>1990, I find it to be still a competitive radio. Despite using a PRO2 and a
>746PRO most of the time, I still would not part with my 765.
>
>At the time ARRL reviewed it, they said it was one of the five best
>receivers ever tested there. The transmit IMD3 is -40 dBc and the dynamic
>range is over 150 dB.
>
>And at $900, it is a steal!  [g]
>

> > >
> > >
> > > > I have a chance to purchase an Icom IC 765 from
> > > > a good friend of mine, who I know has not abused
> > > > it, and really, in the last 5 years or so, I know it has
> > > > had very little use.
> > > >
> > > > What are the strong points, and weak points (if any)
> > > > of the 765? I know when I was over one time working
> > > > on his pc, I turned it on and listened a bit, and it
> > > > seemed to be a really nice rig.
> > > >
> > > > Does it have the "monitor" feature in it? I had a 746,
> > > > but the monitor feature in it was basically useless. I
> > > > loved that feature when I had my Kenwood 850.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks...
> > > >
> > > > 73, Mike K9MI

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