I too liked the looks of it. I joined the Yahoo group for the 746 PRO, and
I would advise you to do the same.

According to a late post on the site, serial numbers are being produced with
several modifications that should make it more reliable.

Myself, I am leaning toward a new TS 570, even though the features of the
746 are quite alluring.

I could draw parallels between this and beautiful women or fast cars, (cool
to have, but often loads of trouble) but I'll leave it to you to make the
decision. I guess in our heart we know what's right for us.


"Martin Ewing" wrote in message
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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