FA: ICOM IC-211 VHF TRANCEIVER - NR
 

On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 20:52:01 -0700, Wes Stewart
wrote:

On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:44:12 GMT, Chameleon
wrote:

Someone got a DEAL there for $83.00 (if it works)

It's an Icom 211, of course it doesn't work.

I gave one of these to a friend, who also had one. He needed two to
keep one running. I always said that it was a tribute to his
character that I gave him an Icom 211 and we remained friends.

I, like many other owners of the IC-211, have one that still operates
perfectly. Mine has never failed since the day I bought it new. And
it still looks brand new.

Dick - W6CCD

On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 21:29:53 -0700, Dick LeadWinger wrote:

On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 20:52:01 -0700, Wes Stewart
wrote:

On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:44:12 GMT, Chameleon
wrote:

Someone got a DEAL there for $83.00 (if it works)

It's an Icom 211, of course it doesn't work.

I gave one of these to a friend, who also had one. He needed two to
keep one running. I always said that it was a tribute to his
character that I gave him an Icom 211 and we remained friends.

I, like many other owners of the IC-211, have one that still operates
perfectly. Mine has never failed since the day I bought it new. And
it still looks brand new.

Lucky you. One of my troubleshooting efforts involved fixing the
digital readout, which was intermittent.

I resorted to completely sucking all of the solder off and resoldering
every joint. After that it was very erratic. I finally determined
that one CMOS DIP didn't have 5 Vdd on pin 14 like it should have.
Further examination revealed that there wasn't even a circuit trace to
pin 14. Vcc went to pin 13 and apparently Icom used a solder bridge
from 13 to 14 to power the chip. When I cleaned off the solder I
broke the connection. A wire jumper fixed that but the Mickey Mouse
synthesizer module was hopelessly unreliable, especially while mobile
in motion.

On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 07:55:51 -0700, Wes Stewart
wrote:

On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 21:29:53 -0700, Dick LeadWinger wrote:

On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 20:52:01 -0700, Wes Stewart
wrote:

On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:44:12 GMT, Chameleon
wrote:

Someone got a DEAL there for $83.00 (if it works)

It's an Icom 211, of course it doesn't work.

I gave one of these to a friend, who also had one. He needed two to
keep one running. I always said that it was a tribute to his
character that I gave him an Icom 211 and we remained friends.

I, like many other owners of the IC-211, have one that still operates
perfectly. Mine has never failed since the day I bought it new. And
it still looks brand new.

Lucky you. One of my troubleshooting efforts involved fixing the
digital readout, which was intermittent.

I resorted to completely sucking all of the solder off and resoldering
every joint. After that it was very erratic. I finally determined
that one CMOS DIP didn't have 5 Vdd on pin 14 like it should have.
Further examination revealed that there wasn't even a circuit trace to
pin 14. Vcc went to pin 13 and apparently Icom used a solder bridge
from 13 to 14 to power the chip. When I cleaned off the solder I
broke the connection. A wire jumper fixed that but the Mickey Mouse
synthesizer module was hopelessly unreliable, especially while mobile
in motion.

The IC-211 wasn't really suitable as a mobile, even though Icom did
provide a mount for it. That's why they came out with the IC-245/SSB.
You need to remember that the IC-211 was the first radio of that type
ever produced. You can't compare the ham radio technology of the 70's
with what is available today. For its time, the IC-211 was an amazing
radio. As was the IC-701 which I also have in pristine condition.

Dick - W6CCD

Wes Stewart wrote:

On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 21:29:53 -0700, Dick LeadWinger wrote:



On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 20:52:01 -0700, Wes Stewart
wrote:



On Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:44:12 GMT, Chameleon
wrote:



Someone got a DEAL there for $83.00 (if it works)


It's an Icom 211, of course it doesn't work.

I gave one of these to a friend, who also had one. He needed two to
keep one running. I always said that it was a tribute to his
character that I gave him an Icom 211 and we remained friends.


I, like many other owners of the IC-211, have one that still operates
perfectly. Mine has never failed since the day I bought it new. And
it still looks brand new.



Lucky you. One of my troubleshooting efforts involved fixing the
digital readout, which was intermittent.

I resorted to completely sucking all of the solder off and resoldering
every joint. After that it was very erratic. I finally determined
that one CMOS DIP didn't have 5 Vdd on pin 14 like it should have.
Further examination revealed that there wasn't even a circuit trace to
pin 14. Vcc went to pin 13 and apparently Icom used a solder bridge
from 13 to 14 to power the chip. When I cleaned off the solder I
broke the connection. A wire jumper fixed that but the Mickey Mouse
synthesizer module was hopelessly unreliable, especially while mobile
in motion.


I found that there were a few rivets used for "through hole" connection
to connect traces on
one side to the other near the synthesizer. I soldered those and the
synthesizer worked better.
Mi 211 sets on the shelf with a broken switch :-(

Bill k7NOM