[ICOM] Problem with IC-2720

[Carl Vangsness]

Last year I was in the middle of a transmission when unknown to me the 
transmitter went dead - same as your experience. After some discussing, 
I took a suggestion and contacted Icom in Bellevue. They agreed to look 
at it and in the end fixed it at no charge. Apparently there was an 
early problem with soldering in the PA and they told me if I came up 
with a problem that was covered by the warranty, they would fix it at no 
charge even tho the warranty on mine was up. Give them a call and see if 
that program still exists. I have a second 2720 for a base station that 
is two years younger and have had no issues with that one.

73 es Merry Christmas, Carl WCØV

Julio Peralta wrote:

>A couple of days ago while running mobile and in mid transmission my
>IC-2720 went dead no lights no nothing. When I got home I checked the
>radio and found a 20 amp fuse had blown. I replaced the fuse and the
>radio came back to life or so I thought. The next time I was out mobile
>I was getting reports of not being good copy into the repeater. When I
>got back to the house I again made some checks and determined the was
>little or no RF output even though the front panel bar graph indicated
>full power out. Looks like the output power device is blown.
>
>A friend mentioned that this is a well known problem with the 2720 and
>that Icom has been replacing the device at no charge. Does anyone have
>any knowledge of this?
>
>Julio, W4HY
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