Hi Jerry.

Yes, the IC751A was just an updated version of the original IC751.  The 
differences were largely in the components that they used in the VCO, and 
changes that they made in the CW filter arrangement.  If you are going to 
be a phone operator, you probably wouldn't notice the difference, but if CW 
is your thing, the 751A was significantly better than the original 
751.  That radio had a tremendous receiver, but the original radio was 
plagued with VCO problems because of a poor choice of capacitors, and that 
was the reason mine kept going back for repair--the VCO kept letting go, 
and when it did, everything sounded like you had really really bad aurora 
conditions.

Incidentally, the Icom R71A shortwave reciver was prone to the same 
problem, and my R71A has been back once to have the VCO reworked.

73, de Lou K2LKK

At 08:43 AM 1/26/2007 -0600, you wrote:
>I assume that the keypad will work on the 751 as well as the 751A?  I'll
>have another fel for the slot on the radio when I get home.=20
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