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| Reviews Summary for ICOM IC-2000H |
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Reviews: 25
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Average rating: 4.2/5
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MSRP: $299.99
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Description: Two Meter FM Tranceiver. 5/10/50 Watts Power.
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KI0KM
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Rating: 5/5
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Nov 19, 2004 18:05
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Good rig
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have owned this IC-2000H for 6 1/2 years, and never had any problems with it. It receives well, transmits with full power, and is relatively easy to program. I seldom use the 50 watt power level since the 5 and 10 watt are sufficient for any repeaters I use, but when I have used it, it performed well, with no excessive heating. All in all, a fine rig.
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KD0DB
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 29, 2004 17:50
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Excellent rigs
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have five IC2100's (one in my sailboat, two in the house, one in the truck and one in the car all modified for xmitting on all receivable frequencies). Never had any problems with them and they do get out well. I've read reviews about reliability and overheating, but never experienced any of that.
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AA1ZO
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Rating: 4/5
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Apr 28, 2003 08:37
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An OK Radio
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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This little rig is a very good design. It seems to have held up well in the year that I have owned it. There is one fly in the ointment though. What's up with the crackle noise in my speaker on transmit? I have other freinds that own this radio with the same problem. I also own a ic-207h that suffers from the same problem, however not as loud. I have owned a ic-761 for several years now. This radio is about 12 years old and has had no problems. I don't understand why quality at Icom has gone backwards. It seems to me that they should fix all these radios to save their reputation. Anyone have a fix for the crackle noise in my speaker on transmit?
Thanks!
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WA9AFM
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 10, 2003 10:20
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Tough Cookie!
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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Our club uses the 2100 for the packet cluster. A lightning hit at the repeater site put the cluster TNC into transmit and it stayed there for 3 days! The 2100 was keyed up, full power and still running when we got to the site and shut it down. We had to use oven mitts to handle it! After an hour of cool down, it was returned to service and is still running great.
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KI5DR
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Rating: 5/5
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Dec 3, 2002 17:37
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Running fine after 3 years
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I bought this radio from a local ham shop, and it's been running fine for over 3 years now.
I've used it extensively as a base unit, packet, and mobile for many Public Service events. No problems with Intermod and worked fine into repeaters that others could not reach with their rigs.
It even runs fine off a Cigarrette lighter without alternator whine! Very happy with it.
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ab9ps
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Rating: 5/5
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Oct 30, 2002 15:24
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Ground loop causes whine.
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Time owned: 0 to 3 months
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I bought the unit to replace the Radio Shack HTX 252 I had returned. I have no problems with it. I paid a car stereo place to install it. The tech found a 12 volt bus fed by a 10 guage wire under the dashboard and I approved it for the power connection. (It is a used police car.) With help of another MAC member with an SWR/RF meter, I measured 52 watts to the antenna.
A friend, also a MAC member, had a whine in his 2100H. He had wired it directly to the battery terminals. He found that removing it from the mounting bracket and letting it lay on the seat of the car got rid of the whine. He remounted it using rubber grommets to insulate it from the frame of the car. No more whine.
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KB5SXH
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Rating: 5/5
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Sep 25, 2002 02:55
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Excellent Rig!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I bought this rig new in '96. I never got around to actually mounting it in my car untill about 2000, so it was bouncing around on the floorboard all that time. I've seen reviews of a great deal of intermod, but I've not experienced them, traveling through downtown Houston, LA, and San Diego several times... I've also experienced no heating problems, and I now run this rig as a base unit, as I've upgraded to an IC 2800H in the car... This rig is simple, sturdy, and it sounds great. I've never gotten a bad audio report on this rig!!! It has been abused a great deal in it's life, and it is still going strong!
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SIERRAHOTEL
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Rating: 1/5
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Aug 29, 2002 04:27
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bad receive, bad heat problems.
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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I had a Yaesu Ft-2400, and loved it, but I ended ups selling it, and then I bought the IC-2000, and regretted it instantly.
I got it home, and connected it to my Ringo Ranger @ 50ft, and almost instantly, it got hammered with intermod. I could hear several local police and fire depts from 154-155 mhz mixed in with hams. I called Icom, and they told me there was a fix for it, soI sent it in. When I got it back, it was deaf as a rock, signals that were full quieting on my HT were weak on the 2000, and weak signals on the handheld weren't there at all on the 2000. I ended up selling it after a few months, and eventually bought the replacement radio, the IC-2100, and I will give it a 5/5 rating. Too bad it took them two tries to get it right.
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KB0NLY
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 30, 2002 03:20
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Excellent Radio
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Bought it new in 94 or 95 not sure which, bad memory on my part. Never had a single problem with this radio. It spent two years in the shack as my primary ragchew rig on 2, then it became mobile and has been there ever since. This radio outlasted two used vehicles, to bad the vehicles werent as tough as this radio. Great bang for the buck rig, once mobile and started using more often on 50 watts i decided to put a fan on it just because of the things i have heard about his radio over the years and heat related damage. Mine still shows about 54 watts out on the old bird wattmeter, and receive is still within spec when it was new. Guess it just matters how you take care of it.
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WB1GRB
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Rating: 2/5
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Jun 23, 2002 22:12
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No Output
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Radio worked great for 3 years. Then I had trouble reaching repeaters .25 miles away. checked out put less then 1 watt. Radio was not obused. I started to hear of other people that were also have the same problem. When they started making 50 watt radio they begain to have out put problems. People have told me to leave the radio on lower power. Don't use the 50 watts. I have 30 year old radios that still work! 100 Hz PL only or no PL.
This is the secound Icom I had trouble with. I don't mind paying a little more if the radio is more releable. Won't buy another Icom!
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