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| Reviews Summary for Icom IC-28A/H |
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Reviews: 14
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Average rating: 4.8/5
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MSRP: $ICOM IC 28H
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Description: mid 80's vintage 2 meter FM mobile, 21 memory channels, ctcss encode, optional D.Sql
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VK6XH
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Rating: 4/5
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May 10, 2003 11:22
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Not bad at all
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Had to replace the PA about 4 yrs ago, have owned it for about 7 yrs and it was a mistreated radio b4 I got it, ( owned by a school radio club !)
As a base station radio it gets mighty hot but the audio is good and it's pretty tolerant of my 4 ele quads 2:1 swr so I guess its a pretty good unit after all. It's only my second Icom 2mtr radio in 21 yrs and I would buy anohter based on its performance.
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BG5HAR
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Rating: 5/5
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May 9, 2003 19:54
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GOOD RIG
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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1993~2001 SO STRONG QRM FROM BP CALL BASE STATION.
BUT IC-28C CAN DONING FINE!!
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N8IWK
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Rating: 5/5
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Jan 15, 2003 11:06
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Solid Radio!!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I've had my 28H for over 15 years now, I purchased it used back in 87 and it has served me well. I have not had any problems with it. Power out appears to be slightly more than rated 45 watts, but I rarly need it because I'm able to get into most repeaters on the 5 watt setting. Speaker audio is so loud it rarely get turned past the 12 O'clock position.
My only gripe is with the pigtail SO-239 connector, my thought was it was going to be the first thing to fail, but 15 years later and it's still fine.
I know this radio may not compare with the new radios on the marker in features, but far exceeds them in reliability and performance.
I only wish they made this radio in a dual band version at the time.
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KB9YFX
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Rating: 4/5
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Dec 17, 2001 07:43
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A good older basic 2 meter FM rig
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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The IC-28A/H are identical except for RF output, the H model having 45 watt, and the A model having 25 watt. Both have 5 watt as the low power option.
These older Icoms are nice rigs. Only 21 memory channels, and only 3 of the 21 channels can have ctcss tones stored in them. Icom used a numeric code to represent the actual ctcss tone, so one needs the manual to program tones.
Radio has nice ergonomics, 11 buttons total. Green display is nice. Easy to see in daylight or during nighttime. Display also has auto dimmer to adjust brightness.
Good transmit audio, and fair receive audio from the bottom firing speaker. A small outboard speaker is almost a must for me.
All in all a good older radio, if the price is in the 75$ range. I see these radio selling for 125$ ++ all the time, but I certainly would not pay any where near that much for this radio, or any other 80's vintage mobile.
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