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Lucky?
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In 31+ years i had Icom, Yaesu and Kenwood, Alinco and homebrew transcievers here.
Treated well, all performed fine, the occasional cleaning inside for dust if an fan was fitted inside, an check or tune up to see if the transcievers were within spec's.
Never had an problem, just the odd little problem, volume potentiometers worn and replaced and that simple stuff.
On an FT 225 i had an P.A transistor go bad, replaced it with an better one, served me for another 12 years without further problem.
Ham radio's are more expensive, have lots more circuitry so the chance some component will go bad is higher.
But overall, the transcievers prove to be reliable.
Treated well, all performed fine, the occasional cleaning inside for dust if an fan was fitted inside, an check or tune up to see if the transcievers were within spec's.
Never had an problem, just the odd little problem, volume potentiometers worn and replaced and that simple stuff.
On an FT 225 i had an P.A transistor go bad, replaced it with an better one, served me for another 12 years without further problem.
Ham radio's are more expensive, have lots more circuitry so the chance some component will go bad is higher.
But overall, the transcievers prove to be reliable.
IMHO it would be expected. A lot of design goes into those radios and big $$$$ are spent on them. I would expect tyhem to be good. Now I also realise that personal preferances may dictate which is "better" but in the end they are all good.There have been very few lemons brought to market.
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