[PCR-1000] Icom pcr1k pricing for $189 new!!!

[Christof Proft]

Hi from Aachen, Germany,

> With the existing software and the eeprom problems, that's probably all
the
> radio is really worth....plus it really does run too hot for a
> non-ventilated, non heat sinked box; of course, like everyone else, I paid
> more

The original power supply is a real mess :-(((. Using it with a LOWE HF-225
RX, it produces hum, also the output voltage is a bit too high. Running the
PCR with a rechargeable 15 Ah/12V battery will leave it cold as a fish.

There are several programs to save the eeprom settings of the PCR, even on
bonito�s (RadioCom) website. The problem is not the third-party software,
but the bat design of the RX. Normally there have to be a writing protection
for an eeprom such as a jumper in the circuit. Also: If the Icom software
would be better, there would be no need to use third party soft.

The RX performs very bad on sw. I�m using it only for the higher
frequencies, thinking about modification for DRM on sw. www.drm.org

Paid for the used (3 months) unit DEM 600,- in 1999, about $300-350.

vy73

Chris