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

[Dave Edwards]

Okey Dokey!!

...Dave


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alex" <kr1st at bellsouth.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2007 7:09 AM
Subject: [ICOM] IC-910H is not worth the money. Or is it?


> 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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