Icom has quality control problems. Thay work great, when thay work.

Bill, N5NOB

I own a second hand one, for over 14 months now.
It never let me down, i think it´s a fine reciever with great performance.
Of course it´s not comparable with some $4000 + professional receivers, but
for what i´ve spend on it i´ve got a lot of fun.
I´m not into electronics, and i can´t tell the difference between a
capacitor and a resistor but i´ve modded mine with the AGC/SAM mods just for
fun.
Before the mods it was a fine receiver, comparable with my Lowe HF-225, and
now it´s even better.

Bjern , SWL6001NL
Holland

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