Can anyone tell me about the ICOM IC-740? One was given to
me a few weeks ago. I've been looking at some old issues of
73 Mag, QST, and Amateur Radio and I don't see it advertised
in any of the ads. Must not be looking far enough back...
Anyway, whats the low down on this rig? Is it a good one, did
people have problems with it, how do you like yours???
Thanks -
Bruce
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Date: 25 Jan 1994 19:39:43 GMT
From: ulcer.UU.NET!knight@uunet.uu.net
Subject: Kenwood TH78A v. Alinco 580
To: ham-equip@ucsd.edu
Can anyone give me a breakdown of options, performance, and any other important factors that differentiate these two transceivers? How easy they are to modify to transmit and receive on bands not originally intended?
In article <2i3shv$jam@news.UU.NET> knight@ulcer.UU.NET (Craig Neidorf) writes:
>Can anyone give me a breakdown of options, performance, and any other important factors that differentiate these two transceivers? How easy they are to modify to transmit and receive on bands not originally intended?
>
>What is the best price on these radios and where?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Craig Neidorf
>knight@uunet.uu.net
>.
I have been using the Alinco 580 for several months. I like its
backlit keypad, wide scanner, easy mod, and price. I don't like the
fact that I keep having to turn the volume down completely because
of what appears to be intermod racket coming through it. Even
walking out in the country, 10 miles from a small size city (pop.
50,000),the radio has to be shut down very often in order not to
bother everybody else around me.
You can apparently have the sensitivity reduced by 2 db and this
would reduce the severity of the problem. BTW my Icom radios never
show such a problem, unless I have a high gain antenna hooked up to
them.
A friend had a serious problem with his 580: It nearly caught fire.
He sent it about 2 months ago and it is still not back. Part of the
problem is the fact that they insist, by mail, for prepayment of all
repairs, and you have to send a check as they don't accept phone
call payment by credit cards. This is one problem you don't have
with Icom,not that Icoms do not have problems:-)
I can't tell you anything about the other radio you are interested in.
