[ICOM] IC-910H is not worth the money. Or is it?

[Alex]

Hi there,

I've been looking around for a new (new as in brand new, not new to me. :) ) rig that would deliver more serious power on UHF than the 20 Watts I get now from the FT-897.  It seems that the 910H is the only serious contender in the VHF/UHF weak signal market, but $1300 for a box that doesn't even offer stellar performance? I can't imagine Icom is selling many of these as it seems way to expensive for what it offers.

For $300 more I can get a Kenwood TS-2000 that offers 50Watts on UHF and includes IF-DSP and satellite operations. It even has a sub receiver for some AM/FM/packet work.

Even the IC-7000 with 35 Watts on UHF sounds like a much better deal than the IC-910H. 

Sure, the IC-910H offers dual RX and satellite operation, but for what it is and offers, the price should be way below $1000 by now. 

73,
--Alex KR1ST
http://www.kr1st.com


-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Gregory W. Moore" <gwmoore at moorefelines.com>
>
> GE, All,
> I own an Icom 746PRO, and it seems to have developed an annoying problem 
> (S??) with the synthesizer.
> 
> I have CW image freqs currently on 6800.0, and multiples of the same
> as well as both 23 and 32 MHz and fractional harmonics of the same.
> (6.800USB happens to be a SHARES nite PACTOR BBS freq.
> 
> There seems to be a 600Hz multiple on an audio spectrogram, peaking on 
> the selected freq, as well as decreasing harmonics every 600Hz up and 
> down the freq scale.
> 
> I also seem to have lost a great deal of selectivity/sensitivity in the 
> front end, and tuning seems to pose a problem. There seems to be a
> "hangup" in tx/rx switching, especially in digital modes such as PACTOR, 
> when audio goes from normal to distorted going thru several TX/RX
> cycles.
> 
> These carriers seem to be "digital hash" and are indeed, binary 
> multiples of eachother...
> 
> Anyone in the group has had this problem?? any solutions, and possibly 
> an  "at QTH" repair before I ship the whole shebang to ICOM for 
> evaluation and service.....
> 
> OPNOTE: This is NOT the CW sidetone, however, the CW sidetone is 
> significantly diminished at these particular freqs.  I have chosen
> the few I mentioned as a starting point, however, I have no doubt that 
> other image freqs exist as well, and have to originate in the rig since 
> it makes no difference if the antenna is terminated in a 75 ohm load or 
> simply disconnected.  There is also static!! on the 2M band, which 
> absolutely shouldn't exist...
> 
> I have been driving myself nuts for a while with this problem,
> the xcvr isn't that old, around 1993 vintage, and has apparently 
> developed this problem only recently..
> 
> 73 de Greg "GW" Moore WA3IVX/NNN0BVN
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