[ICOM] RE: Which radio to buy

[José F. Ballester]

No company is without sin, including Icom.   I have an Icom 756 Pro  
which is excellent in many ways except when my neighbor is on the air  
when the receiver simply goes somewhere else and says "goodby,  
receive later"..    However, I purchased an Icom marine radio which  
failed the second day I used it;  sent it to their repair facility in  
Washington and was returned to me with a note which read "salt  
damage, not covered under warranty".   The radio was clean and "new"  
in every sense of the word.   I opened it after it was returned and  
it was completely clean and undamaged by salt or any other  
contaminant inside.   As a matter of fact it was sold as a water  
resistant radio and it was installed inside the boat's cabin where  
water couldn't reach it.   Buyer beware with every company including  
Icom.   Buy months after a new radio is introduced and bugs have been  
worked out and cross your fingers.
73, Pepe WP3HW