![]() What was wrong? a shield on the main board had come loose from its solder joints and was jumping around and shorting things. How long did it take? A little over a week. That was a good call! The official name for the service center is SAR Technical Services, Inc. If it was over $200 they would call me first. Joseph, MI and authorized up to $200 in repairs. Joseph shop was an expert at Icom 706’s and they charged $52/hr rather than the $84/hr charged by the home base in Kirkland. The pleasant lady informed me that the St. I asked if the Michigan shop was certified to repair the 706. Which to pick, Kirkland (I already trusted them) or an unknown “ Icom Service Center” in St. I checked the Icom web site and found that they now have independent repair shops, located throughout the country, that also are certified on their radios. I have had that radio working without a hitch for about 20 years now. The second time I told them to run it until it fails or keep it. The first time they could not replicate the problem. It took two tries for them to fix my new IC-737 but they did do it. I had sent a radio to Icom America in Bellevue, Washington in the past. I am at a time in life where I am trying to catch up on many of the things I have let slide. The radio went into the closet until such time as I decided to fix it. I inspected all connections including the power cables going to the battery. It would receive for only a few minutes at a time and whenever I tried to transmit it would shut off within seconds and refuse to be revived for hours. Then about 4 years ago the Icom quit working. I’ve read that the 706 is the all time best-selling transceiver. This advertisement from May 1999 QST shows the lineage of the IC-706MkIIG. The vehicle must be stopped or you risk serious injury to others and yourself when that inevitable crash occurs ( it’s a crash, not an accident). It is next to impossible to make on the fly changes while driving in a safe manner. That’s OK if you have a great memory (I do not) and if you are not running the rig mobile. There just isn’t enough space for lots of dials and knobs. #IC 706 SERIAL NUMBERS SERIES#It seems that the only way Icom was able to pack so many features into such a small radio was to make many of the settings and choices accessible through a series of complex menus. I used it for many years in a mobile environment without any problems except those pesky menus. That’s an impressive list of features and the radio really delivers. Good meter selections including SWR, Power, ALC, and Bandscope Removable and remotable faceplate / control head Has digital signal processing for noise reduction (DSP) Receives 30 kHz-199.999 MHz and 400-470.000 MHz depending on version #IC 706 SERIAL NUMBERS PLUS#Transmits on all amateur HF bands plus 6-meters, 2-meters (VHF) and 440 (UHF) Small size makes it an ideal mobile radio I was attracted to the 706 for a number of reasons, some of which are: Some years ago I purchased an Icom IC-706-MkIIG transceiver.This was the third and final version of this very popular amateur radio. ![]()
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