Has anyone purchased a recent ICOM 746PRO radio, and had any
problems? I would like to buy one soon, but there seemed to be alot
of problems in the early models. I was just wondering how the newer
models were holding up.



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(Bart Bailey) wrote in
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posted on Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:42:33 -0500, Nevermind wrote:

Has anyone purchased a recent ICOM 746PRO radio, and had any
problems? I would like to buy one soon, but there seemed to be alot
of problems in the early models. I was just wondering how the newer
models were holding up.

I don't think there are any 'newer' 746 models,

I pretty sure he's talking about recent production, not a new
variant.

maybe you're thinking of the 756 Pro models
the latest being the IC-756 Pro3.

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Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN |

On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:42:33 -0500, Nevermind )
wrote:

Has anyone purchased a recent ICOM 746PRO radio, and had any
problems? I would like to buy one soon, but there seemed to be alot
of problems in the early models. I was just wondering how the newer
models were holding up.

You can check the recent reviews on eHam.net.

Also, at the Icom site, they give a lot of ifs/ands/whats in regard to
what they've done to beef up certain circuits that were blowing out,
but it sounds like you still have to be careful.

bob
k5qwg

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On Tue, 25 Jul 2006 23:42:33 -0500, Nevermind )
wrote:

Has anyone purchased a recent ICOM 746PRO radio, and had any
problems? I would like to buy one soon, but there seemed to be alot
of problems in the early models. I was just wondering how the newer
models were holding up.

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If you go to the Icom website, they acknowledge the problem and have a
serial number posted, after which the problem is fixed. That serial
number happened a long time ago, so recent production should be ok.

Just verify the serial number.

Bill, W6WRT

Nevermind ) wrote in news:
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Has anyone purchased a recent ICOM 746PRO radio, and had any
problems? I would like to buy one soon, but there seemed to be alot
of problems in the early models. I was just wondering how the newer
models were holding up.

A friend of mine locally here tried one. In contest operations it made far
too much phase noise over a fairly wide chunk of band, making it a bad
actor when other contest stations are operating within a mile or so.

He replaced it with a 756Pro and, having used that radio, I would have to
say it is probably the 2nd best receiver I've ever had my hands on in more
than 40 years of commercial and amateur radio operation (the winner being a
$20k Hagenuk).


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Dave Oldridge+
ICQ 1800667

Have had one for a year. It is a great rig. Works great on all modes
including RTTY and PSK-31. The programming is very human-friendly and the
internal ATU works great. The soft key menu system is very intuitive. You
won't have to get the manual out very often.

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James Ford
K5ACO