Question person who has exploded driver :
Have you measured idle current of the driver before ?
=> All owners of IC7000 must do this.
This could avoid this problem.
My IC 7000 was purchased in April 2012.
Now 3800 operating hours
Any problem
This is the best radio of this size.
Same reception like IC7600 or FT2000.
Change the transistor costs only 25 euros !
Obviously you must do yourself.
Some informations on
(use google translate)
Best regards,
Ludovic Vuillermet - F5PBG
Le 12/12/2012 16:33, W3TLN a ¨¦crit :
Last night, December 11th. I also heard a pop and smelled an electrical odor.
No TX. I called an Icom service center this morning. They told me the driver
transistor probably went out. I purchased this 7000 new from AES on April 5,
2012. It goes back for repair today.
I've been considering purchasing a second new IC-7000 for my motorhome
but now I may go to Yeasu.
-Tom, W3TLN
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