[ICOM] IC 756PROII value?

Wed Jun 16 19:30:31 EDT 2010

Great pictures and info Guillermo, thanks for posting the link. I was thinking that John W5MJW was probably right about the 6146's in the PA, and now the link proves it. It appears that the receiver is 100% solid state.

73, Frank W3UHF

On Jun 16, 2010, at 7:19 PM, GGLL wrote:

> 	Some photos:
> 
> http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/icom_ssb_transmitter_ic_700tic.html
> 
> Regards
> Guillermo - LU8EYW.
> 
> El 16/06/2010 20:08, W5JMW escribió:
>> Yes,I presume the receiver was 110ac(although I don't know this for
>> sure).And the power supply/speaker was required for the xmitter.I am
>> just going from the pictures of the units.Some could argue that these
>> were not Icom and they would be right.They were Inoue.Later for us
>> markets became Icom.Wonder what tube or tubes the 700t ran.6146's
>> probebly..73 john
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank A. Ellis" <w3uhf.frank at gmail.com>
>> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:56 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ICOM] IC 756PROII value?
>> 
>> 
>>> John,
>>> 
>>> Agreed. There is scarcely any info about the "ICOM Twins" (IC-700T and
>>> IC-700R), from circa 1967. The pair also required the IC-700PS for
>>> power, and I believe that both the transmitter and receiver were
>>> hybrids. I had a few scraps of info on the pair when I was still
>>> actively running the Icomclassic web site, I will look around and see
>>> if I still have anything on them.
>>> 
>>> 73, Frank W3UHF
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Jun 16, 2010, at 6:34 PM, W5JMW wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Yes,the 700t which was a tube xmitter But no vfo.It required the
>>>> 700r,the receiver which provided the vfo injection..I have some
>>>> pictures of this but have never seen one in person..73 john
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Olbrisch"
>>>> <mike-2007 at elp.rr.com>
>>>> To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:22 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: [ICOM] IC 756PROII value?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>>> Hmmmm - OK Dick......
>>>>> 
>>>>> Just wondering if ICOM ever made a TUBE radio such as Kenwood and
>>>>> Yaesu did? I
>>>>> certainly do not recall anything before the IC-701.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Mike - KD9KC.
>>>>> El Paso, Tx.
>>>>> DM61rt
>>>>> 
>>>>> Molon labe. [mo-lone lah-veh] Google it...
>>>>> 
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>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>>>>>> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
>>>>> Behalf
>>>>>> Of Dick Flanagan
>>>>>> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 12:02 PM
>>>>>> To: ICOM Reflector
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [ICOM] IC 756PROII value?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> At 10:40 AM 6/16/2010, someone wrote:
>>>>>>> By the same reasoning, the Soviets used tubes in all their >
>>>>>> mission-critical
>>>>>>> electronics (e.g. in combat aircraft and even in missiles) for
>>>>>> many > years.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> ICOM, People, ICOM!
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Dick
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Dick Flanagan K7VC
>>>>>> dick at k7vc.com
>>>>> 
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>>> 73, Frank A. Ellis, W3UHF
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73, Frank A. Ellis, W3UHF