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

[Mort Arditti]

Thanks Gary.
Mort
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Fiber" <gfiber at clearwire.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: *****SPAM***** Re: [ICOM] Opinion on 735 rig


> 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
>>>>
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>>>> 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/
>>
>>
>>
>
> ----
> 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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