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RangerDaleXp · 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Fred McKenzie

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RangerDaleXp wrote:

I have
an Icom IC-R71a that I bought to replace some none functional radios I
had in the past but really only put around 50hrs on it before putting it
in storage around 1990. I recently pulled it out of storage and found
out it no longer works well. It now has very low audio and barely can
hear any broadcast with it. It tunes to stations but almost no volume.

Dale-

I suspect your IC-R71a is well worth the cost of repair. The problem
could be something very simple, like a dirty contact in an external
speaker or headset jack. Try plugging in a speaker or headset into it a
few times, and see if that clears up the problem.

Check out Eham for reviews of various repair centers,
http://www.eham.net/reviews/products/26.

One with a good reputation for Icom is Scott Malcom in Toledo,
Washington. His website is http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/mts.

I don't know of a specific repair center near Los Angeles. There are
Ham Radio Outlet stores in Anaheim, Burbank, San Diego, Sunnyvale and
Oakland. http://www.hamradio.com/ I don't think they do repairs, but
perhaps they would refer you to a reliable repair center if you called
the closest one.

Fred
K4DII

Ham radio outlet who sold me the radio back in the 80s was of no help. I do thank you for getting back to me but according to the responses from radio reference is that the radio would need to go through a complete re-cap due to the age of the radio as well as a new ram battery replacement. By the time all the money was invested in it, it would cost $200 to $300 hundred which is about what the radio is worth. I am still weighing my options but for $600 to $700 i would be able to buy a better radio that still is supported, I have not been able to find a guy that would even look at the R71 and this is discouraging....

I will look at some of your recommendation as well but at this time $100 to maybe $200 is all I can justify for this radio that has in the past been criticized for poor audio to begin with....