[ICOM] New shipment of IC-746Pro's at AES

[KK2DOG in NY]

In MY opinion, AES sucks. When I had a TECH ticket and had a question about a HF rig one day, I remember being asked, "Why should you care, you're only a Tech." Evidently AES forgot that us TECHS usually upgrade, and will need other gear as we progress throughout the hobby. I now shop at HRO and R & L exclusively.

  Mike
  KK2DOG
  Owner/Admin 
  www.hamwave.com




> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 22:22:27 -0800
> From: gfiber at comcast.net
> To: icom at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] New shipment of IC-746Pro's at AES
> 
> Gordon,
> 
> I can probably count on one hand the times I have used 10 FM discounting 
> using it for antenna tuning.
> About a million years ago I purchased an add on board for my Icom 730 to 
> allow it to do FM from N9DBX as I remember at the Dayton Hamvention in 
> about 1984 or so.
> I got around to installing the little circuit board and amazing the 
> IC-730 also sported FM. I played with that for a couple of years.
> Before i sold the rig in about 1990 or so, sold to a guy I knew as Diz 
> on the old CompuServe HamNet Icom forum but have forgot his call, I 
> removed the board and think I included it with the rig but Diz did not 
> want it installed.
> I bought that IC-730 new at Dayton in 1982 along with an IC-2AT I still 
> have. Dug out my LDG -  Z11Pro tuner, need to look at the batteries I 
> installed them in 2007 but it still seems to tune ok I don't want one to 
> leak.
> Had some Duracells still in the retail carton that leaked, they were the 
> 9 volt type.
> 
> So nobody had to modify their IC-7000 mic for better audio as I got no 
> answers that's good.
> 
> AES should buy more Icom products its the busiest I have seen the forum 
> in a few weeks.
> 
> Gary K8IZ
> 
> 
> On 11/10/2010 9:12 PM, J.Gordon Beattie, Jr., W2TTT wrote:
> > Gary,
> > The 7200 is off my radar...
> > It has no FM Duplex and Tone capability, yet it is advertized as an EMCOMM
> > radio.  Heck, my little IC-703+ has those capabilities and memory functions
> > as well!
> >
> > Thanks&  73,
> >
> > Gordon Beattie, W2TTT
> >
> > 201.314.6964
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
> > Behalf Of Gary P. Fiber
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2010 5:49 PM
> > To: ICOM Reflector
> > Subject: Re: [ICOM] New shipment of IC-746Pro's at AES
> >
> > I thought about a 7200 for the truck but its a bit big for me to mount.
> > Pretty nice rig, I was doing the demo on it at Dayton this past year.
> >
> > Gary K8IZ
> >
> >
> > On 11/10/2010 9:17 AM, gil Kellersman Jr wrote:
> >> Actually AES is at $999.95.
> >>
> >> -- On Wed, 11/10/10, D C *Mac* Macdonald<k2gkk at hotmail.com>   wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >> From: D C *Mac* Macdonald<k2gkk at hotmail.com>
> >> Subject: Re: [ICOM] New shipment of IC-746Pro's at AES
> >> To: "Icom Forum"<icom at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 12:03 PM
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> What is the current street price of the IC-7200???
> >>
> >> I already have a non-Pro IC-746 that pleases me greatly.
> >>
> >>
> >> * * * * * * * * * * *
> >> * 73 - Mac, K2GKK/5 *
> >> * (Since 30 Nov 53) *
> >> * Oklahoma City, OK *
> >> * USAF, Ret (61-81) *
> >> * * * * * * * * * * *
> >>
> >>
> >> * "An unarmed man can but flee *
> >> * from evil. Evil can NEVER be *
> >> * overcome by flight FROM it." *
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 08:51:20 -0800
> >>> From: gilkell13 at yahoo.com
> >>> To: icom at mailman.qth.net
> >>> Subject: Re: [ICOM] New shipment of IC-746Pro's at AES
> >>>
> >>> Dick a very good point, they are just feeling out the market...At $1500.
> > they might sell them...
> >>> --- On Wed, 11/10/10, Dick Flanagan<dick at k7vc.com>   wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> From: Dick Flanagan<dick at k7vc.com>
> >>> Subject: Re: [ICOM] New shipment of IC-746Pro's at AES
> >>> To: "ICOM Reflector"<icom at mailman.qth.net>
> >>> Date: Wednesday, November 10, 2010, 10:57 AM
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I wonder if AES is planning on a Christmas special with that boatload
> >>> of 746Pros? They are basically a decent radio and if AES were to
> >>> offer them with a $500 discount coupon or some such they would
> >>> probably sell them out. Under the circumstances, you just know they
> >>> bought them for a good price.
> >>>
> >>> Dick
> >>>
> >>> At 06:49 AM 11/10/2010, someone wrote:
> >>>> There are literally 100's of used 746PRO's available for sale all the
> > time.
> >>>> The current average selling price on eBay is around $900 to $1000 mint
> > with
> >>>> boxes. I am sorry there is no way a sealed unit could be worth much more
> >>>> than this in reality.
> >>> --
> >>> Dick Flanagan K7VC
> >>> dick at k7vc.com
> >> ----
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Gary Fiber K8IZ
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