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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