[ICOM] Toshiba LCD

[Randy Ballard]

Gary , Niether the CRT,s or the unit came from Icom. There has been a
gentleman on ebay selling these replacement CRT,s for a while now. He has a
company that specializes in CRT,s. I believe thats is what this unit does. I
contacted Icom a couple of years ago and they said that one should budget
around $1200.00 for the changeout. The parts were around $800.00. The OM on
ebay was doing the changeout for a little over $500.00 plus shipping both
ways so one would probably be out of around $600.00 total. I know that some
prefer the CRT over the LCD and its true for the other way but I like both
of them and would like one of my IC-781,s to match my IC-R9000L. The last
R9000L that I purchased was still in its unopened box. I purchased it from a
contractor doing contract work in NYC for the US Government. He stated that
his contract originally called for him to install and maintain 10
IC-R9000L,s but the contract was cut short at 8 units and being that he had
purchased 10 of them he had 2 left over to sell. His sister called him and
said that she wanted to buy one of these for her husbands birthday in a
couple of weeks so he sold one to her. Well one week later 9/11 hit and her
husband worked in the World Trade Center. His employer cut off his paycheck
after a month or so and she needed to sell the IC-9000L to help with the
household. A note regarding this was attached to the 9000L,s box. Just a
short note on this wonderful Thanksgiving that most of us are having. I want
to thank everyone on this reflector for the great service and information
that they provide . 73  Happy Holidays  , de Randy N5WV
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Fiber" <g.fiber at verizon.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 25, 2004 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Toshiba LCD


> Randy,
>
> Could be they are no longer producing them as I remember that LCD
> replacement unit was something close to $ 1000.00.
> I am not aware of any CRT burn in unit. Did you purchase that from Icom? I
> had only ever saw the techs replace the entire CRT unit.
> Might be time to read up on cathode ray tubes and the proper care and
> feeding of the phosphorus or what chemical is used to make the CRT operate
> these days.
> Might be something like the burn in unit cycles the tube and makes sure
the
> tube is active, something like reforming electrolytic caps in old radios
> that have not been powered on for a long time.
> Others here that are better versed in CRT 's may help. I never got into
> video displays.
>
> Gary K8IZ
>
>
> >Gary ,  I have been told that Icom America does not have anymore of them
in
> >stock. The OM on ebay was installing the same Toshiba LCD in 781,s and
> >R9000,s for around $500.00. I emailed with him a couple of times , He
said
> >he was getting a lot of orders but since then I have lost his email
address
> >and he does not advertise on ebay anymore. I have two R9000L,s , two
R9000,s
> >and a couple of IC-781,s . I am not having any problems , I keep the
> >brightness settings at around 9:00 on both type of units but I am
tinkering
> >with the idea of changing out the CRT display in one of my 781,s to LCD.
> >Also I purchased several replacement CRT ,s and also purchased a CRT
"Burn
> >in unit" for them. Is this burn in unit really needed ? I was told that
if I
> >dont run the CRT through a cycle with this unit the CRT will not last as
> >long. 73 , Happy Thanksgiving de Randy N5WV
>
> Gary Fiber K8IZ
> GROL PG-19-6691
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>
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