[ICOM] Opinion on 735 rig

[Mike Olbrisch]

I had one for years.  It replaced a 730 that I sold when we needed $$$.  It
was a battle-hardened veteran of Gulf War-1, and a number of operations
outside the country.  It served with distinction in several countries
passing MARS traffic for the soldiers deployed with me.  The one failure it
had was during an Iraqi sand storm - one of the diodes in the filter pack
died and caused sensitivity problems.

I used it with an AH-2 tuner, PS-55 supply, and any number of configurations
of wire antennas including wire beams.

http://www.qsl.net/kd9kc/Gulfwar.html

After over 10 years of active service, I retired that radio to the shelf
when I retired from the army.  It sat for 5 years before I sold it.

Had I the need, I would get one again.  It was always a good rig, although
the 706 is far more deployable today.

HTH.


Mike - KD9KC.
M.A.R.I.E.
El Paso, Tx. 
www.w5dpd.org

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Hart Engel
> Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 11:27 PM
> To: Icom Reflector
> 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