[ICOM] Opinion on 735 rig

[Don\]

Mort
No. The battery maintains the memory frequencies only.
73
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mort Arditti" <marditti at dslextreme.com>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 04, 2007 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Opinion on 735 rig


> 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): 
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>>
>
>
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> Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan K7VC, (and temporarily N8TFD/Steve): 
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