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Review Summary For : Comtek
Reviews: 91MSRP:
Description:
Icom Amateur, Marine, Land Mobile Radio Repair
Product is in production
More Info: http://www.w7jv.com/
# last 180 days Avg. Rating last 180 days Total reviews Avg. overall rating
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K6RQR Rating: 2011-08-24
Excellent service! Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I am lucky as I live within easy driving distance to Kuni. I took my rig over to him on Monday for repair and it was ready for pickup in two days. Kuni did a great job and gave my rig a complete check and he also tweaked up the alignment. His invoice (very reasonable price) includes his measurements of receiver sensitivity and transmitter output. I had the chance to talk with him when I came to pick it up and he is a fine fellow. I told him that I will definitely send him any future equipment that I need repaired. Highly recommended!
AD4IE Rating: 2011-05-23
Integrity Time Owned: more than 12 months.
I may as well join the “love fest”. I've used Kuni twice on suggestion of a club mate. Excellent on everything of course. I must add honesty to his traits. I sent a dead IC-706MKIIG out to him and got a phone call telling me that when he unpacked it there was nothing wrong with the rig. I think it had something to do with UPS's “drop ship” handling methods. So he sent it back no charge except for shipping. Let's face it, he could have legitimately charged me for something.
K6GKB Rating: 2011-05-23
Repeat Performance Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Improper insertion of the jumper wires in the SignaLink USB interface rendered my IC-775DSP speechless. Having used Kuni several times before with spectacular success on some sticky problems, off went my unit using UPS. I am always impressed with the immediate response when the unit arrives at his facility. As usual, the problem was found and fixed in record time. The unit is now returning via UPS and the entire turn around time may be less than a week. I can't tell you how comforting it is to have Kuni ready and waiting for my mishaps.

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Earlier 5-star review posted by K6GKB on 2009-04-02

The power supply failed in my 4-KL. This is normally fatal as there is no circuit diagram for this unit. ICOM provides no support as this unit was not built by them. They did however give me the name of Kuni at Comtek who they said might be able to help.

One phone call and off the bottom half of my 4-KL went via UPS to Poulsbo WA. The day it arrived I got an e-mail telling me that he had found the problem and it would be back in a few days.

Upon arrival I assembled the top and bottom halves together again and to my delight it worked perfectly and has ever since.

My recommendation is that if it says ICOM on it, send it to Kuni!
WV6U Rating: 2011-05-16
Quick turnaround and very helpful Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
I sent a used IC-730 to Comtek for repair. Kuni was very quick to take a look at the radio and promptly replied to all my questions. The repair and shipping charges were very reasonable. Also, note that some other reputed service shops no longer service older rigs like ICOM IC-730.
VE6NU Rating: 2011-03-26
Great Service Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Kuni replaced the the trimmer caps in my old IC751A rig.
The turn around was quick, the charge was VERY reasonable.
Kuni/Comtek is #1 in my book.

Frank, VE6NU
K7FD Rating: 2011-02-23
5 star repair service Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Icom 756 Pro II, DOA, no output. Kuni expertly diagnosed problem, did component level repair on main board. Had radio back in shack in about 8 days...at a very reasonable price!

73 John K7FD

WS4Y Rating: 2011-02-23
Excellent Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
Excellent service on my IC-751A.
VE1KG Rating: 2011-01-29
top of the line for icom repairs Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Comtek is the only company i use for my Icom repairs
Kuni is a ham operator which is helpful & his work is first class & i have not used anyone else for the last 10 years.

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Earlier 5-star review posted by VE1KG on 2005-01-09

MY ICOM 275A had many problems.Kuni fixed it all for $87 including parts & labour during Xmas holidays.Sent the radio December 18 got it back January 4TH.I HIGHLY recommand Comtek.
K6ATZ Rating: 2011-01-19
Wouldn't send my treasures anywhere else Time Owned: 0 to 3 months.
An IC-375A is a gem. They sell for ungodly sums on eBay lately, and I wasn't about to trust mine to just any repair service. You can tell, just by the way Kuni's website instructs you to pack your radio for shipment, that you can trust COMTEK with your treasures.

Fast turnaround, very reasonable pricing, and he knows stuff about older Icoms you'll never find online. New models too. I emailed Kuni to ask if I should wait until after the holidays, and he replied within six minutes exactly: "Joe, send it in now." He received the radio on December 28th and called me at 9 AM December 30th with the details and final cost. He accepts PayPal and shipped it out to me that same day. And you can bet he packed it out exactly the way I sent it to him, original box and all.

A man of few words, believe me Kuni did *not* ask me to write a review. But I'll be writing more, because I'm sending the rest of my classics to him as soon as I can.

K6HOM Rating: 2010-12-09
Highly Recommended Time Owned: more than 12 months.
Just got my Icom R-7100 back after alignment by Kuni. Wow! Big improvement in performance, specifically much better clarity in receiving weak stations. He also updated the firmware, replaced the memory backup battery and gave it a thorough checkout for less than $100. Turnaround time was less than 10 days, most of that was shipment from me to him.

My Icoms will not be going anywhere else for repair!