Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sri-unix!KWILLIAMS.ES@XEROX.ARPA From: KWILLIAMS.ES@XEROX.ARPA Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: Re: ICOM IC-751 Looking for comments AGAIN!!! Message-ID: <12140@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Mon, 6-Aug-84 12:57:00 EDT Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12140 Posted: Mon Aug 6 12:57:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Aug-84 19:58:20 EDT Lines: 10 Being an IC-701 owner, I have heard that the IC-751 has much more rugged finals. The Dallas repair center for Icom tested the 751 key down for an hour - and they told me the only finals they have replaced were in a rig hit by lightning! (in contrast - the 701 has a terrible record on the finals) The 701 has 150W transistors vs 290W for the 751 and 745. Have not heard anything bad about the 751 and have worked a few on the air and the owners seem very pleased. 73 - Kent - AA6P