> I'm not totally against a 746 Pro, but I saw all the
> reviews on EHam and the biggest complaint was
> transmitter failures. Did Icom get that fixed?
No, I have consecutive serial numbers later than the trouble period, yet both
of mine still failed 3 days apart about 2 months after purchasing them new
(June 2004). The factory repaired them at no cost with less than 24 hours
turnaround and they have not failed in over 2 years of regular use and hard
contesting, including three DXpeditions (main SO2R radios at N5OT and main M2
radios at PJ4R and TI5N).
Nevertheless it does leave one with that uneasy feeling. Icom says "they have
the failure rate down to an acceptable level" - I am thinking my two radios got
the bad chips when they were manufactured and got the good chips when they were
repaired.
The get an A for customer service. I love these radios.
http://www.n5ot.com/bonairepix/746PROx2.jpg
Mark, N5OT
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