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WA3LWR
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 25, 2008 06:44
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Great Radio
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Have had the unit for more than 10 years. Super radio, excellent receiver but one has to agree the BNC antenna connector and battery connection are the weak points. Gave the old radio away a year ago and bought a new radio. Miss the IC 24 to the point where I am buying another one.
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KF0X
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Rating: 5/5
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May 22, 2007 22:27
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Bought in 1991 and still works like new!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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This was the very first 2m rig I bought. In fact, I purchased it from Ladd Electronics in Omaha, Nebraska in 1991 BEFORE I had my license. Boy did that give me incentive to study for my ticket. I have had many radios since and none have I liked better than this one. It is still VERY up-to-date for being so "old." (old in relative terms) I have had absolutely no problem with it at all. I have had the battery packs rebuilt by the Nicad Lady in California. Now I have the old packs filled with NiMh batteries. They last a LONG TIME! If you use the small stock battery pack (also rebuilt with NiMh) which came with the radio back in 1991, it is about as small as todays radios. The one and only downside is you must manually program it... no big deal. Just make sure to have the manual. It is widely available online.
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DY1CHB
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 13, 2003 08:01
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fantastic handheld
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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having the 24at was a blast travelling around the philippines really was easier and u made a lot of friends on vhf. uhf was used to monitor vehicle traffic in manila and the provinces. the antenna proved to be bothersome though. kept hitting me here and there when slung on my belt. are there any good after market antennas? preferably small ones. power could be raised if possible. are there more functions with the buttons? i'd like to have one more of these if your selling. take note im not rich. i got my rig from an US expat for around 20 dollars and a song. it's appearnce was decent. with some paint chipping from the back but the rig is great. again can someone care to offer another 24at for a song? i live in the province of laguna where the telephones are really bad. we plan to inistall a rig in the house and ill carry my old one. linusmlopez@hotmail.com drop me a line. welcome to the philippines. :)
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VA3GXA
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Rating: 4/5
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Jan 7, 2003 08:59
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Worth the money !
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have owned this little dual-band since new in 1991. It has given me years of faithful sevice. It can be simple to operate or complicated, depending if you read the owber's manual or not. The weak point is the BNC antenna connection on the case, Mine cracked around the lock ring, but one drop of crazy glus solved the the loosening of the lock ring, and the crack in the case all at once. It has been fine now for the past 5 years. I use the 'AA' Nicad battey pack that hold s 6 AA cells ( more than enough for local simplex and repeater operations ). I do however have a dislike of the internal mic. It is not sensitive enough, and I find myself having to almost shout into it, to be heard, even when it was new. Perhaps it is time to have the mic changed on mine. My radio has been very reliable radio over the years, and it was definately worth buying it when I did. I have since passed on to my wife, who uses it more as a scanner now that the mic is worn out. But I still would not part with it.
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SIERRAHOTEL
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 29, 2002 03:54
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Great Handheld!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have had mine almost 11 years now, and I like it so much better than some of the other HT's I have bought and played with. The only problem I have had with it, other than a new battery every so often(usually because I drop it, and snap the rails off it!) was when the BNC connector came loose, and broke the antenna lead. It cost about 15 bucks to fix. The keypad is getting worn out, and the display has a couple of dots in it where it should be "white", so I will be retiring it soon, and probably get an Icom W32, the closest thing I've been able to find so far, performance wise.
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N6NCT
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Rating: 3/5
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May 1, 2002 13:54
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Good small dual band
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Owned this radio for about 10 years. Got it when it first came out. Had many third party batteries and found 12 volt 1200 mH ones large for easy carying but lasts a long time both in use and shelf life. Now using niMh AAs in spare battery pack which I would suggest you use. Good receive on ham bands and out. Good receive in 800 MHz as I scan local trunk public safety. Main problem which occured twice in 10 years was BNC connector getting lose. I tried fixing but difficult as no professional equipment and certainly lack skill. Cost me about $40 to fix. If you can get one at a "good" price, get it knowing that BNC antenna connector tends to be weak and is not a twin band -- though cross band is possible. One more thing, you can open up receive range via key sequence found on web if yours doesn't already receive OOB.
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WD4MSM
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Rating: 5/5
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Mar 27, 2002 15:20
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Durable and Versatile
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have had my Icom 24-AT for 6 years. It has never given me a problem. It's been to South America, Europe, and all over North America. The features rival those of some of the newer HT's. It has very wide coverage (even cellular), a nice memory setup, ability to store long telephone numbers of phone patches, backlighting when needed, and a body that is built to withstand decades of use!
I use mine with an amplifier in the car, at home to check into local nets, and as an all-purpose scanner (police, fire, security, railroad, weather, etc.). The 24-AT does it all. I use an earphone with it most of the time so as not to disturb others (any "Walkman-type earphone will work). The new NIMH batteries available for it reduce battery size and increase battery longevity to ranges that Icom never thought possible when they built this little rig. I wouldn't sell mine in a million years!
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K9KJM
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Rating: 4/5
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Mar 27, 2002 14:28
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DOES A LOT!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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i have owned my IC24 for almost 10 years now, and it is a really great performing little radio. It will do lots of "Stunts" that they dont tell you about... Like receive and transmit over a VERY wide range..... The radio itself has never given me any type of trouble. After dropping it onto concrete floors countless times, the only damage is scratches to the case, and broken battery lips. The big weak point is the way Icom designed the way the battery is held on. If it had a better battery retaining set up I would give it a 5 plus.
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N2SLO
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Rating: 5/5
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Sep 30, 2001 18:45
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Excellent Little radio
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I have owned my IC-24AT since 1991. I currently use it with a HM-46 Icom speaker mike, and run the radio through a Mirage B-310G 100 watt amplifier. The radio has excellent receive features, and I have been told many times my audio is excellent. My only negative is that the spurious rejection could be better. I use a Comet GP-9 vertical, and a Cubex 4 element beam, and the pre-amp on the amplifier adds plenty of noice.
Overall, I would never sell this HT, and will use the current set-up (radio and amp) as a back-up when I order my Icom 746.
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KD5JFR
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Rating: 5/5
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Aug 21, 2001 00:08
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Oldie but a goodie
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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I've had two that had been around the block and then some before I ever got them. Simple to operate. Can't beat the size. One finally puked inside and died. The other is my "mobile" transciever in the truck. I hooked it to a Mirage dual band amp and threw on a plain olde speaker mic. It works great. For the money I can't say I've ever done better. They're getting old so good ones are getting harder to find. But if you find a good one, grab it. Batteries are a cinch to rebuild.
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