[ICOM] Re: IC-2710H and HM-98 Mic Audio Too Hot

[Bill Marx]

I would highly recommend the PAR filters for eliminating 2 meter intermod.
They are amazing. See eham reviews. http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/3086
or direct at http://www.parelectronics.com/
Buy whatever radio you want and then contact Dale.
Bill Marx W2CQ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D C Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 5:22 PM
Subject: RE: [ICOM] Re: IC-2710H and HM-98 Mic Audio Too Hot


> Au contraire, John.  I don't remember the full range of
> the 2710 but it receives at least from 118-174 and 400-
> 50 or even more.  I can't remember.  It  IS  subject to
> intermod in dense RF environments.  I highly recommend
> the ICE notch filters.  Even going throught the downtown
> Oklahoma City area on I-40 I hardly ever get a peep anymore.
>
> I really love mine.  Much more convenient to operate and
> program than my 2720.
>
>
> 73  ---  Mac, K2GKK/5
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "John Chesley" <jvc749 at adelphia.net>
> Reply-To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: RE: [ICOM] Re: IC-2710H and HM-98 Mic Audio Too Hot
> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2005 17:16:02 -0500
>
> Everyone,
>
> Thanks for all the comments on this topic and special thanks to "Mac" for
> telling me how to fix it.  I found a pristine 2710 and bought it because I
> needed a mobile and everyone has been saying how much trouble they have
been
> having with the current model 2720--and how great the 2710 was. The 2710
is
> really a nice radio but I could tell something was up when I saw later
model
> 207s being shipped with a different mic.  My goal was to get something
> durable, which the radio appears to be.  Many of the newer models are not
> built that well and after a few years in a mobile environment, they tend
to
> develop problems.  It is true that it is much more difficult to change a
> surface mount resistor than to tweak a pot.  But if the rig will work
> perfectly after that it will be a worthwhile fix.  The sensitivity is
great
> and power output seems to be fine. And it is also great that you can do so
> many functions from this HM-98 mic.  I also prefer the 2710 because it
DOES
> NOT have extended receive.  Mobiles with extended receive almost always
have
> more intermod problems than those that do not.
>
> Thanks again for all the comments on my question. The comments were very
> informative and helpful.
>
>
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