On Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:26:33 GMT, Martin Ewing wrote:


Hello,

I am doing market research for a new HF rig, and the Icom IC-746pro
would be a leading choice, but I'm worried about the "no transmit" and
other problems discussed at length on the web.

Of course, you take your chances whenever you get a new high-tech toy.
My question is how does the '746pro stack up against the competition in
terms of actual failure rate and reliability? This is something the
manufacturers are keenly aware of from their warranty data, but they
probably aren't going to share it with us. :-(

Most of us don't see enough different examples of enough types of rigs
to have first-hand data, and anecdotes on the net are hard to calibrate.
Given the bad press on the '746pro, I am pretty leery now, but if it's
really only a small percentage of units that are affected, I might
reconsider.

How would you decide?

73, Martin, AA6E


The 746pro was introduced in Spring of 2002. (It was reviewed in May
2002 qst.) They oughtta have the bugs out by now.

Buying a new rig is a delicate balance between waiting awhile after
it's introduced, but not so long it's about to be discontinued :-)

Kinda like these damned computers...

Bob
k5qwg