*****SPAM***** Re: [ICOM] Opinion on 735 rig

[Gary Fiber]

Mort,

NOPE in the IC-735 the only thing you will loose is the memories if you 
programmed them in the 735 it operates just fine with or without a good 
memory battery.

Yes if the battery dies in these products, IC-745, 751 / A, 761, R-71A, 
IC-271, 471, 1271; M700 & M700TY then you loose the operating system 
until the ram unit is reprogrammed or you buy an after market card. That 
lithium battery in those radios that are backed by them seem to last 
forever unless someone messes with them. I'll bet a poll right here you 
will be hard pressed to find 25 users who actually had the battery die. 
Most times the solder joints crack on the ram unit connectors but the 
battery is fine. The current drain last I knew was in the micro amps. 
Most every card I ever measured while I was at Icom the battery was at 
3.0 volts. I did leave there in 2001 however.

Gary K8IZ


Mort Arditti wrote:
> Don,
>
> Is the 735 one of the Icom radios with the 'operating system' stored 
> in CMOS
> memory in the radio and it is backed up by an internal  battery? If 
> the battery
> dies, the radio needs to be re-programmed by Icom at their service 
> center.
> Thank you.
>
> Mort, KB6BSN
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don\" <k1vsk at cox.net>
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 4:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Opinion on 735 rig
>
>
>> Not sure if this may help but I can make a comparison with my 781 on 
>> which the 735 now sits. There is a world of difference as you would 
>> expect on receive, particularly cw because of the filters. Depending 
>> on your needs, the 735 is a good little radio which I've had 
>> absolutely no problems with in the 15 or so years since I bought it 
>> during which it has been subjected to about the worst conditions 
>> imaginable aboard our boat. It has been retired from that use to 
>> allow some reconfiguring to accommodate a new rig but I would never 
>> part with mine.
>> Don
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hart Engel" <hartengel at sympatico.ca>
>> To: "Icom Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 7:27 PM
>> Subject: [ICOM] Opinion on 735 rig
>>
>>
>>> I'm thinking of buying a ic-735 rig. Just want to get some opinions 
>>> about this rig regarding RX etc.
>>> Later Hart
>>>
>>> ----
>>> Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC, (and temporarily N8TFD/Steve): 
>>> icom-owner at mailman.qth.net
>>> Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.316 MHz
>>> Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/
>>
>> ----
>> Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC, (and temporarily N8TFD/Steve): 
>> icom-owner at mailman.qth.net
>> Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.316 MHz
>> Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/
>>
>>
>
>
> ----
> Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC, (and temporarily N8TFD/Steve): 
> icom-owner at mailman.qth.net
> Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.316 MHz
> Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/
>
>
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