ICOM R-70 dies
What kind of service costs am I to expect with rotary encoder failure
and accompanying (apparent) loss of signal Does AES have a SERVICE DEPT. or am I better sending it to ICOM? Yodar |
On Tue, 18 May 2004 02:06 pm -0600 UTC, YODAR posted:
%MM What kind of service costs am I to expect with rotary encoder failure and accompanying (apparent) loss of signal Does AES have a SERVICE DEPT. or am I better sending it to ICOM? Yodar Icom will depend on what country you live in. Over-border shipping can attract duties on total cost of the radio b/c it has been "improved" in the eyes of customs. Best bet is to phone them. Icom America are quite pleasant on the phone and if you get a knowledgeable guy, will tell you alot of info informally. -- -UA |
Scrap it and buy a new R-75
"YODAR" wrote in message om... What kind of service costs am I to expect with rotary encoder failure and accompanying (apparent) loss of signal Does AES have a SERVICE DEPT. or am I better sending it to ICOM? Yodar |
I dont have $500 bux. This is a third owner R-70 and it has served me well , albeit briefly for a modest cost yodar patgkz wrote: Scrap it and buy a new R-75 "YODAR" wrote in message om... What kind of service costs am I to expect with rotary encoder failure and accompanying (apparent) loss of signal Does AES have a SERVICE DEPT. or am I better sending it to ICOM? Yodar |
No, an IC-R70 never dies !
Can you tell us more this "rotary encoder failure"? I remember I've had a problem with my IC-R70 some years ago: erratic VFO tuning and/or skips when changing bands, the least-significants digit din't increment smoothly when turning the VFO knob very slowly. I could fix the failure very easily because the rotary encoder what dirty. Are the symptoms similar on yours? And the "loss of signal" ? is is on all bands ? It could be the open RF fuse F1 located at the antenna jack. Has your rig got an RF overload through the antenna jack ? Some mixer FETs on RF unit have maybe to be replaced Drop us a line Hope it can help you - D. KREMP 49:03:31N / 1:26:14W - Normandy / France dominique dot kremp at wanadoo dot fr Rx: -IC-R70 + POCOM PFC-100 + KIWA audio mods -IC-R71E + ESKAB-Edvis PLAM unit / 4 kHz X9MD + FL44A + KIWA audio mods + WILLCO ICM 1024 B -Grundig Satellit 600 Prof. /Satellit 700 Ant: -DATONG AD 370 -DRESSLER ARA 30 -LW 25 m + mod. FRT 7700 YODAR wrote: What kind of service costs am I to expect with rotary encoder failure and accompanying (apparent) loss of signal Does AES have a SERVICE DEPT. or am I better sending it to ICOM? Yodar |
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