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

Thu Nov 11 10:39:05 EST 2010

Gary,
OK, live a little and get on the air.  Make some noise!  It is like 6M
before every HF rig started to include it.  Now there are guys on 6M all the
time, both on FM and on SSB/CW.  It is a beautiful thing!  

Thanks & 73,
Gordon Beattie, W2TTT
201.314.6964

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From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Gary P. Fiber
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2010 6:22 AM
To: ICOM Reflector
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
GROL PG-19-6691 with shipboard radar endorsement
Washington State resident

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