I lost the R F drivers in both a TS2000 and an IC746PRO!!  Isn't that special!!
Pat, K9JAU At 10:32 AM 5/14/2007, you wrote:
>I find it rather interesting that this is the very first time i have 
>heard even
>a whiff of any issues with the ts2000.  Especially something as drastic as
>losing tx on certain bands or sensativity on 2M.
>This radio has been out for years and I've never heard of this, let alone
>experienced it.  As for the display issue with the 746, that has been known
>about almost since it came out, or at least, shortly after it was put out on
>the market.
>I'm not saying these issues didn't plague a couple ts2000's, however I would
>certainly not go as far as to say that these problems are universal in any
>way.  I would be interested to know how old these rigs were that experienced
>these problems and possibly what had been done to them or if there was any
>remote  possibility of static discharges into the radio or some kind of
>disipation from the antenna during a storm.  As i mentioned, the 746 problem
>certainly is universal, that has been well documented and 
>publicized, and that
>is why icom does the work for free, because they know they released a radio
>with a manufacturing defect, but as for the 2000, I am extremely sceptical as
>to the validity of more then a few claims regarding similar 
>issues.  Also, any
>radio that is a few years old can be susseptible to these sorts of issues.
>Before i got my ts2000, i fully researched on qrz as well as 
>eham.net regarding
>any issues or manufacturing defects or problems that crop up after a couple
>years, and truely found nothing that wasn't operator error or caused by
>external forces.  I would say with full conviction that the ts2000, far from
>being unreliable, is likely one of the most reliable multi-band transceivers
>ever built.
>Right next to the ts570, short of the internal battery needing to be replaced
>every couple years, but that again, isn't a manufacturing defect, but rather
>something that was part of the design and not easily overcome.
>73
>Colin, V A6BKX