The IC-745, like the older ICOMs, is built very robustly with parts that you can see without a magnifying glass, and which you can check with standard meters. The schematics are available on-line, the old ICOMs come up for sale on e-bay regularly, and there are support groups on line to help out when problems [...]
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Comparing Receivers with Digital Mode Signals
I entered second heaven when I got my second radio. My original 32-year-old Icom IC-745 got placed on the back shelf when the new 29-year-old Icom IC-751A arrived. As much as I enjoyed the old IC-745, I was after a little computer control, and the 745 predates the idea that people use computers. The 751A, [...]
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