Lou,

I have a 751A, and they really did clean it up.  In fact, I used that radio 
for about 15 years, until I bought my 480.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 18, 2007 20:09
Subject: Re: icm 751a


> Hi Jerry.
>
> I almost envy you.  That radio had a first class receiver in it.  I had 
> the
> original '751 back in 1988, and the receiver was hot on it.  The original
> Icom IC751 had some real reliability issues and that is why I ended up
> getting rid of it--in fact I didn't even make it off the warranty before I
> had sent it back for repair three times.  On the third pass, I told AES to
> keep it and send me a Kenwood TS680S instead, which they did.
>
> When it worked, though, it sounded great.  The receiver was quite 
> sensitive
> and the noise was nice and low on that radio.
>
> I think you'll have fun, and I've been told by a number of people that 
> Icom
> really cleaned up the problems with that radio when they came out with the
> "A" version.
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 11:22 AM 6/18/2007 -0500, you wrote:
>>Thanks for the info Richard and Steve.  I have the external keypad and I
>>already have a butternut v6 pr 6v up connected and ready to go.  I do
>>not have a paddle for morse code yet.
>>
>>
>>
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