[ICOM] 706 and 745

[Adam Farson]

Hi Pete,

No, I am not a god. I am all too human.

Economies of scale are at work here. Icom are a medium-sized electronics
firm (approx. 1000 people) which cannot afford (or reasonably be expected)
to provide perpetual parts/service support for products which were
discontinued 25 - 30 years ago. Neither can their parts vendors in many
cases.

Not even a large car manufacturer can sustain this kind of service much
beyond 10 - 15 years, in my experience. I cannot obtain parts from
HP/Agilent for test instruments manufactured as late as 1996.

I am sure you will find that many other amateur radio manufacturers take a
similar position on parts for long-discontinued products. 
No amount of complaining will change this. 

Cheers for now, 73,
Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ


-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Pete Barnes
Sent: 12-Mar-11 23:07
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: Re: [ICOM] 706 and 745

ADAM
 All caps "cause you are a god (no caps)we have a dilema as Icom has abandon
us on vintage radios so I guess it's up to us to create our own database for
"sorry yer screwed buy a new radio"attitude.
 Sorry for the attitude but I despise bean counters...and to me that's what
we get.
  I restore old cars and there is a good response from the manufacturers
,why not here?
Is that not good business? WHY PISS OFF a client(or future sale)when he
could be yours for life? As you can tell I'm NOT impressed.


Sat, Mar 12, 2011 at 11:37 PM, Adam Farson <farson at shaw.ca> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> To lower the resonant frequency of a 10.7 MHz coil to 9.1 MHz, either  
> inductance (more turns) or  capacitance will need to be added.
>
> Cheers, 73, Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ