[ICOM] W32A

[John Luthy]

I have one and would not sell it for less than the cost to replace it.
I will admit that it does not have 500 memory locations, nor does it
have DC to Daylight recive, but it does what a ham radio is suposed to
do.....

My favorite part of the radio is the dual recive with dual s-meters. I
use in for t-hunting and find that I can "hunt" two boxes a the same
time! Provided they are on differnt freq. And as I recall it will do
crossband repeat.

The only weakness is the lettering on the keypad, it will quickly
vanish! I have heard of many tips to prolong the life of the
lettering, I would sugest to take a picture of the keypad and carry it
with you ;-)  The good news is it has a built in help menu! if you
press the guide button then press a key the display will give you the
functions of that button. Way cool.

I did have to send mine in for repairs once, as I managed to bust  the
antenna conector off. I don't think the BNC connector was designed to
support the weight of the radio ;-0....


John
N7JL


----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2005 7:18 PM
Subject: [ICOM] W32A


>
> I'm thinking of getting a W-32-A but am somewhat
>
> put off by $300 for an 8 year old design.
>
> Advice sought.
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> 73
>
> Tim  K3HX
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