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N3WXW
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Rating: 5/5
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Jul 3, 2008 08:35
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Hot RECIVER
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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IF YOU WANT A HIGH PERFORMACE 70 CENTEMETER ALL MODE . THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST.My station is a r-70,720a,551,251,451. Every one of these radios beats the performance of my Knwd TS 2000.But of course have lower power ,less options and take up alot of space.
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M0BTZ
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Rating: 4/5
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Mar 4, 2003 20:16
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Good 70cm Rig
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Time owned: 6 to 12 months
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I very much like this radio, it is very easy to use and has a lack of bells and whistles which I like. I love the appearance of the IC451 in particular. However, I found the receive to be slightly deaf but I have modded the rig to solve this problem (replaced the noisy MOSFET in the front end). I use mine with a 100W microwave modules amp and get good reports with it.
I only use mine on SSB & CW and it works great.
I got mine second hand in very good condition.It has proved its worth and would be a very nice addition to any hams shack.
My main complaint is that the receive audio sounds thin compared to my IC251 and IC551. I would like to hear from anyone who has experienced the same problem and what can be done to solve it.
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M1PAC
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Rating: 4/5
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Aug 14, 2002 03:56
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NOT 4 BEGINERS
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I started as a radio ham as a novice (2E1HDI) and as such at the time we were only allowed to use the 70cm band,and this radio turned up at my local ham radio shop(LAR) and as I liked multimodes as a (CB)operator I thought buying this one would be a good idea.
I had lots of contacts on the repeater,s in and around my area, after I had figured out how to use the shift,(transmit A recive B and the reverse transmit B recive A),the tone burst was a pain to use at first.
The IC 451-e was a 10 watt radio, the recive was exeptional, and the transmit audio was always given as RADIO 5.. both on SSB and FM.
The microphone dropped to bits after a while in as much as it started to crackle and creak, but I purchased a standard CB coffin mike and that fixed that .A lighting storm popped the power supply, (a switched mode one in a tight box all shielded from FR but a real pain to get to).If you have one of these radio's and are susceptible to lightning strikes then get a rod or a lightning aresstor.There is a 2 Mtr version of this radio and I would like to get my hands on one of them if anyone has one they would like to sell you can reach me on philcole@mailcity.com or m1pac@talk21.com
M1PAC
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