I sent my first ICT-90A to Icom repair and was disappointed to say the 
least, that one lost the PL tones for some reason and I sent it in, they 
told me a board had gone bad and they'd have to replace the whole board, 
problem is, between shipping it there, the board and return shipping, it was 
going to come up to be about $25 more than the new one I bought instead. I 
wish I kept the battery though and I could have, but if you don't want it 
returned they don't charge the bench fee. I don't know what the cost would 
be for the SMA jack or to resolder it, but I will say if something goes 
wrong with my current one, I'll take it to a friend who works on commercial 
radios and wait 6 months for him to get to it rather than bother with icom 
repair ever again especially for an HT and most of mine are old enough now 
the same can be said for all of them if I even bothered at all.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Howard Kaufman" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2011 12:06 PM
Subject: icom repair


>I discovered that the antenna connection inside my at-90 is intermittent.
> Has anybody had to send this radio to icom repair?  How good are they and
> how expensive?  I am wondering if it's just a better idea to get the Wuxon
> HT and be done with it?
> Opinions please.
> H T Kaufman MSW LCSW
> Adaptive Technology Instructor