[ICOM] WHICH TO CHOSE

[Mac McCullough]

Been there done that [ 781]  The 781 is long in the tooth,  never was REALLY 
DUAL receive,  but did sure help raise the bar for what we see and use today 
..but is complicated to work on,  and the bigger factor is who to work on it 
..  the repair shop guys is littered with med school drop outs who should 
even consider dropping out one more time,  I loved it when I had it,  but it 
was an albatross to have repaired when it failed, [LV power supply ]  and I 
let it go..  bought a 7800 and will likely do the same ,  depending on which 
one of us outlives the other one .. and competent repairs is only one 
aspect,  SHIPPING is the big bug-a boo .. I was lucky and a friend took pity 
and carried it in his car and truck..  but that was a friend,  about the 
only thing worse to ship is a r-39x of any era ..

when it stops being a radio,  it becomes way too big for a door stop ..

mac/mc  w5mc


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mintaka capella" <mintaka_capella at yahoo.com>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 9:44 AM
Subject: [ICOM] WHICH TO CHOSE


>
> Hell there!
>
> I have the legendary Icom 765 which was set to Icom about 5 years ago for 
> upgrade and mods. I like it very much and plan not sell it. However, I am 
> thinking of buying either the 756 PRO III or the Icom 781, and to date, 
> could not decide which one to go for. One electronic engineer said that 
> the 781 is to complex and complicationg to repair, but that is only one 
> aspect. Can those, who had the chance of using both or read things on the 
> 2, subscribing to this e-group contribute your opinions on the topic? 
> Thank you and 73.
>
>
> HaNafi - 9W2TZ
>
>
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