If you've owned an Icom rig has it ever had to be repaired?

[NorthStar]

Newer ICOM stuff is always breaking. A few Engineer's in the Radio world will tell you numerous reasons why and problems with alot lof their rigs.

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

My ICOM 718 has been back as the power gradually dropped from 100 watts (around) to 50 watts on all bands when using CW. They said they replaced a couple of diodes as it did seem better when it was returned. However after just one week it started to lose power again. I am not going to bother sending it back, nor will I get another ICOM.
Jon G4FUT

I understand the frustration but saying you will never buy another brand because of one problem is a bit of an overreaction.It sounds like the problem is with the service department and not so much the actual product itself. I would not have any gear if I had that attitude. I curently own Icom, Kenwood, and Yaesu gear but my first Icom purchase, a 2m mobile, blew the VHF power output module. My first Yaesu developed a problem with the 6m section and my first Kenwood (THG-71A) needed the keypad replaced. I have since bought something from all of them again.

 

[WR0220]

I own an IC-7000, a 756 Pro II and a 2820H - never had a problem with any of them.

 

[W4KVW]

I know this is a very OLD topic but it's still relevant Today. I sent an ICOM 756 PRO II back to Kirkland, Washington for repair of a receiver preamp & it was out of warranty by a few weeks. It was repaired for FREE & returned to me. It eventually failed many years later when it burned a hole in a circuit board & no longer turned on. I sold it as is & the buyer jumped a trace & it operated 100%. ICOM gear has been very reliable to me for the most part unlike Yaesu radios which have given me lots of issues. I once was a Yaesu guy but I'm now a DIEHARD ICOM MAN & I own a whole lot of ICOM Gear that I Love. I own a Yaesu G-800DXA rotor & a Yaesu SP-8 external speaker that sounds better than any ICOM external speaker I have ever heard or used. You can't give me any Yaesu radios if I'm required to keep & use. YAESU = Yet Another Excuse Simply Useless.

W4KVW

 

[Crawdad]

You can't give me any Yaesu radios if I'm required to keep & use.

And I wouldn't trade my Yaesu for any Icom you've ever had.

 

[L2]

Of all the Japanese brands, I've owned mostly Icoms. Never had an issue with any of them.