I think you had one early run of the newer drivers, the discontinued ones 
were only out the first year or so of the radio, I do know 2 people using 
radios daily that have that though. I only hope they never have a problem.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: Best Beginner HF Transceiver


> My 7000 is 2 years old.  It hasn't had any other problems, and Icom did 
> fix
> it.  When they did they asked me about my setup.  I told them what it was,
> and when they didn't like the TW1 I said "Well if your company would make
> that function talk I could use that but LDG makes the only meter for blind
> people."  He did say I'm sorry after that and the radio was fixed properly 
> I
> think, but I never opened it for anyone to look.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 7:32 PM
> Subject: Re: Best Beginner HF Transceiver
>
>
>>> That's just the part you can't get for early IC-7000's, the drivers and
>>> when they found a replacement they had to change the board so they can't
>>> put the new part on the old board. The IC-706's had some problems as
>>> well,
>>> a lot of it though was inadequate venting in mobile installs and people
>>> turning up the power on 2 meters, not all though. I suppose given how
>>> many
>>> were actually sold though and how many you heard on the air for so many
>>> years, there will be a few problems.
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 9:14 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Best Beginner HF Transceiver
>>>
>>>
>>>>I have a 706mk2gii, and it has been in all kinds of conditions.  It
>>>>hasn't
>>>> failed in any way.  I also have a 7000 that blew out the drivers when 
>>>> it
>>>> had
>>>> 3 hours on it.