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Old 02-04-2008, 08:53 AM   #10
WildOne
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I should buy stock in Icom................
IC 746 & IC 821h at the home base. Connected to 1 6mtr cushcraft verticle, 1 Diamond x-300 verticle, 1 Cubex 2 element 6mtr quad, 1 Cubex 4 element 2 mtr quad, 2 stacked Antron 70cm 4 element quads.
IC 706MKIIG, at camp, attached to a comet tri-band verticle (6,2,440) and an expanded discone for working on marine bands. (and frs when we have unlicensed guests), a Van Gorden shorty (70ft dipole), and a very old Shakespere Big Stik 11mtr verticle. (was there when we bought the place and works well on 10mtr)
In the trucks (xyl is a ham too) are 2 Icom IC 2100h's.
In the boat is an IC 207h attached to an NMO mount. On that, mounts either a dual band comet or a tunable Antenna Specialists set for the marine bands.
In the saddlebags of the sleds/4wheelers (depending on the season) are 2 IC T7h's.
On the shelf in my office is a stand-by IC 207h that I bought from a local that was in a little financial crunch. This one is there in case any of the other mobiles quit!

All radios have had the diode mods done to open availability of marine, frs/gmrs and murs freqs.. all my rigs have either tuners or special antennas to use the extra freqs.
I had some custom made rubber ducks for the ht's to be able to use all those other bands too!

So, as you can see, I'm sorta patial to Icom! I've only had 2 Icoms ever fail....one was a 2710 that went out for repair, the repair failed within 30 days, sent it back, it failed again so I sold it for parts! Also, my 746 is set to ship, later this week, for a "tune up" and a reciever problem. I think that's a pretty good record considering some of these radio are 12 years old and get used daily!
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