[ICOM] RE: 735 memory battery

[Sandy Taylor]

Hi Hart,
As good as the IC-735 is, for $600, you can do a whole lot better.
Radioworld seems to be stuck in the days when the Canadian buck was worth
less than the American.

$600 is the going rate for a (Icom diehards, shield your eyes) TS850SAT,
which to this day still outperforms some of the newer product on the market.
Arguably the best receiver available for less than $1k.

Given the Canadian dollar's current status against the U.S. dollar, I'd
seriously look in the used bins of some of the American stores (Burghardt's,
HRO, AES, etc.) to see what $600 can buy. For not a whole lot more stretch,
you could even look at a used IC-746 PRO.

I would also look to Scott's qth.com classifieds (swap.qth.com) for some
radios.

Some of the sellers on Scott's sites have very favourable feedback and are
quite trustworthy. Using Paypal as a payment scheme also affords some
protection.

73, Kelly
Ve4xt

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Hart Engel
Sent: October-05-07 6:41 AM
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: Re: [ICOM] RE: 735 memory battery

That's good to hear. There is one for sale here for 600 bucks at a local ham

store.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Olbrisch" <mike-2007 at elp.rr.com>
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 7:35 AM
Subject: RE: [ICOM] RE: 735 memory battery


>
> NO-   No no no no..... the ONLY thing a 735 saves with the
> battery is the MEMORIES!!!!!!
>
> Trust me o this - it will work fine even with the battery
> completely removed.  You will just need to put the
> MEMORIES (12) back in it if you scan or something.
>
> If you do not need the memory feature - you do not need
> a battery in the radio at all.  It will work fine!
>
> The 735 has a fine receiver.  I have never sat it side-by-side
> with a 706, so I cannot say.  But I was never disappointed with
> my 735 the whole time I used it.
>
>
> 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: Friday, October 05, 2007 11:21 AM
>> To: Icom Reflector
>> Subject: [ICOM] RE: 735 memory battery
>>
>> Thanks for all the help and opinions on the 735 rig. But I'm
>> still getting
>> conflicting info regarding the "memory battery"? Does it have
>> the same setup as
>> the 751A or not? I will be using it for phone operations. How
>> good is the RX? Is
>> better than the 706 I have now?
>
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