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40 Year Old ICOM AIR BAND RADIO Still Working Perfectly
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- čas přidán 29. 11. 2022
- This Icom IC-A2 Air Band transceiver is from the early 80s, and despite being about 40 years old... still works perfectly with a fresh battery. I'm always looking for affordable equipment and great deals so when I saw this for sale on Ebay, for $39, I couldn't resist. Let's check it out and even test it at Van Nuys airport to see if it truly works in a realistic scenario.
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By far the best aviation handheld ive ever owned , super sensitive , strong audio , did a Lithium ion conversion for the battery using old laptop cells and a bms , at 12.6v puts out around 3w AM , with the lithium pack , it works for two days at mostly receive. also got the marine band version , puts out 6w on vhf , its my go to marine radio for all around use on the dock.
I remember the old days.
When I was a student pilot,I bought the radio and listened the ATC everyday.
Because air band communication was very difficult for Japanese people,so I had to listen for practice.
I carried it everywhere,even a lunch at Lulu's restaurant on Roscoe Blvd.(lol)
I'm a ham radio enthusiast who enjoys collecting and using some of the older radios so this was a very enjoyable video for me. Thanks for sharing this with us!
I'm just more than old enough as well as old school enough (well over 3/4 of a century here) that my thoughts are first, the US Forestry case indicates to me that this radio would have been the primary communication if a Forest Ranger on the ground was trying to direct fire fighting aircraft in the case of forest fire, or in another scenario, rescue helicopters in applicable scenarios. I'm thinking you are in possession of a radio that contributed to saving lives when it was in service with the US Forestry. Great find and great video, Max. Please keep them coming.
Your additional insight adds an extra layer of coolness to this video. If Max gets a chance maybe he can pin this comment to the top!
@@ScottysAnimals Thank you for your generous comment.
The case alone is worth $39. It was probably use for air to ground comms by the Forestry Sevice during a fire. Great find! Maybe get a better Air Band antenna. Good luck with it. Great video. 73 brother.
Good idea, don’t interfere with them users. I’ve been a ham operator for plus 20 years and I have learned to wait my turn after getting my head handed to me in a bucket several times over the years lol
you may want to try a new antenna. Being so old the load may have deteriorated somewhat. Other then than good score you made there
I'm about 30 miles away from the Palm Springs airport. All these pilots that fly by the area bleed over to my table side FM radio with their radio signals. I think their is something wrong with the radio, it's very old and has seen a lot of use.
My father has a bit more advanced one, he had it as long as I can remember myself (over 30 years). It did cost A LOT back then, and it's heavy as a brick 😊😊
Very cool, I may look for one now.
Awesome
Thanks for sharing. Really cool.
This radio is great, but the antenna seems to be for the CB 27MHz band
The outside appearance of the antenna has only a little to do with its technical specs.
i have 2 of these radios ,for lisening ,i take way out bush in AU. just incase i need to contact seach and patrol aircraft ,in emegency's .one common fault ,,is most people man handle these well built radios buy picking them up bye to anntena, thay will take it but dont do it .!!! very simply fix ,,small crack in PCG board ,with center pin RF out ,at BNC conector ,or dry ,cracked solder joint.should deliver 2.5 watts at 12.5 volt .super hot ,reciever tripple convertion ,with very low battery drian on recieve .unlike moden new radios !!!!.and yes we can TX on any band if life threatening ..VK5GS Graham
That antenna dose not look like the original. Looks like a Radio-Shack CB or scanner antenna. The antenna must be tuned to the operating frequency range. Make sure the antenna is intended for the aviation band or you could damage the radios RF output stage. The antenna is very important when transmitting . Tim W8RNG
Do the US use 8.33 kHz spacing nowadays?
Nope, still 25.
@@HeavyMetalHorizons Good to know, thanks
That's a CB antenna on your handheld 😂🎉 not the original antenna
Agree… wrong antenna. That’s like a radio shack antenna