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| ICOM 735 I HAVE SEEN 735'S AT HAMFESTS FOR YEARS BUT NEVER REALLY GAVE THIS RADIO A SECOND LOOK INTILL RECENTLY. WHEN JOEY LIGHTNING SOLD HIS PRIZED 2950DX AND HR-2510 TO THE WHINAH,HE WANTED TO MOVE UP TO A FULL BLOWN HF RIG I STARTING LOOKING AROUND WHEN THIS 735 CAME MY WAY. THE ICOM 735 WAS ICOMS HEAD ON COMPETITION FOR THE YAESU FT-757 SERIES 10-160 METERS 100 WATTS SSB/CW/FM 40 WATTS AM THE 735 RAN FROM 1985 INTILL ABOUT 1992 (ABOUT THE SAME AS THE FT-757) ITS STILL VERY POPULAR WITH AMATUERS TODAY AS A BACKUP,FIELD,OR MOBILE RIG. BUT NOW FOR THE BIG QUESTION "DOES IT WORK GOOD ON 11 METERS?" FUCKIN RIGHT IT DOES!!!!!! I DID SOME ASKING AROUND ABOUT THE 735 IN THE AM MODE AND GOT SOME PRETTY DISCOURGING ANSWERS, WHEN I GOT THE RADIO I FOUND OUT THAT THE COMPRESSOR WAS MANDITORY ON AM WITHOUT THE COMPRESSOR HOLDING THE PEAKS DOWN,THE RADIO WOUID OVERDEVIATE IN TO THAT"TEACHER ON CHARLIE BROWN" SOUND BUT WITH EVERYTHING SET RIGHT,IT SOUNDS JUST AS GOOD IF NOT BETTER THEN MY 746 SO MUCH THAT COBRA 888 TOLD ME TO GIVE THE 746 TO JOEY AND USE THE 735!!!! THE RADIO HAS A COUPLE OF FLAWS THE NOISE BLANKER IS FUCKING USELESS, AND THE CONTROLS FOR RF POWER,MIC GAIN,COMPRESSOR ARE MOUNTED INSIDE THE LITTLE CLEAR PLASTIC DOOR AND ARE STRAIGHT SLIDE BARS ARE A LITTLE CRACKELY BUT OTHER THEN THAT,THIS IS TRULY A GREAT RADIO. THE ONE IN THE PIC,IS THE ONE I BOUGHT FOR JOEY I BOUGHT IT FROM MARK MONNINGER "AA7TA" IN ARIZONA MARK DIDNT OVERRATE THE CONDITION OF THE RADIO, HE UNDERATED IT!!!! WHAT A CREAM PUFF,EVEN THE LITTLE PLASTIC DOOR WAS INTACT (MOST 735'S HAVE THE DOOR MISSING) WITH A GOING PRICE THESE DAYS OF ABOUT $350-400 DOLLARS ITS A LOT OF BANG FOR THE BUCK PICK ONE UP AND YOU WONT BE SORRY................. |
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