[ICOM] IC-706 repairs

[Tom Norris]

Hello Julio -

If you need spares for the original 706 -- not MkII or G -- I have a  
parts radio available with good PA.
All the radio is OK, it just has a bad bandpass filter board, which is  
common with the original 706, apparently.

Very Best Regards

Tom NU4G

On 8/13/09, at 7:10 AM, Julio Peralta wrote:

> While in conversation with a local ham here in the Tampa area he made
> reference to not being able to get a 706 repaired if the finals go  
> bad. He
> said this was because the final transistors were no longer available  
> and
> Icom doesn't have a replacement for them.
>
> Is this information correct?
>
> Julio, W4HY