[ICOM] Re Icom Issue

[D C *Mac* Macdonald]

When was the last time anybody could get
new Swan specific replacement parts????

Mac - K2GKK/5



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From: "CHARLES WALKER" <ve3syk at hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
To: "Duane Fischer, W8DBF" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: RE: [ICOM] Re Icom Issue
Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 14:36:16 +0000

Hi,
On my last trip to Dayton,had a long chat with the icom rep..
My swan from 1960 era is still working with a few breakdowns but easily 
fixed....
Icom and a number of the other equipment makers do not support there 
equipment beyond a 3-5 and in some cases 10 years....Why would any amateur 
purchase equipment that has minimum support?

Charlie  ve3syk



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 > Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2006 21:16:38 -0700
 > To: icom at mailman.qth.net
 > From: dfischer at usol.com
 > Subject: [ICOM] Re Icom Issue
 >
 > I have an Icom 756 that I bought used in August 1998. It has never given 
me
 > a bit of trouble. The many Hams I know with the original 756 have not had
 > the issue described below. Nor have I heard it mentioned among the Hams I
 > know who use Icom equipment. Which is 'not' to say it is untrue, but it 
does
 > make me wonder if the issue is perhaps "inflated to a higher level" than 
it
 > should be?
 >
 > Is it perhaps caused by user errors or is it a factory flaw that lurks,
 > waiting, and then ZAP! A done deal, not "if", but "when"?
 >
 > I would appreciate the "facts", preferably from owners of the original
 > Icom 756 with experience. However, all with factual based input are very
 > welcome!
 >
 > Duane Fischer, W8DBF
 > dfischer at usol.com
 >
 > Message sent to Duane from interested buyer:
 > Yesterday I spent a good part of the day doing what research I could into
 > the 756 vs. 756 Pro.  Comparing the sets and reading everything I could
 > find.  They both sound like good radios (better than anything I've ever
 > had), but the earlier "Plain Jane" one has one big problem or issue.  It
 > tends to develop "blue horizontal lines" in the display screen that makes 
it
 > difficult to read (one man said his had 12 lines).  Occasionally, leaving
 > the set on 24/7 will clear it up, but not often.  From what I read, it's
 > less a matter of "if" it develops the lines, but "when" it will.  Icom no
 > longer has any displays in stock as Sanyo who manufactured them no longer
 > makes them.  Icom says they will "try" to repair existing displays at 
250.00
 > a pop, which you pay whether they're successful or not (and apparently 
most
 > of the time they're not successful).  A lot of bad feelings towards Icom 
out
 > there over this "issue".  So, if I had a choice to make, it would be the
 > "Pro".
 >
 >
 >
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