IC-745 Slowly Comming To Life

[N8YX]

I've seen pictures of the NCX-5 I have never seen one in real life. That was back when radios had personality, that was a sharp looking radio that and the NCL-2000 (which I have seen in real life)
Everything now is ether black, gray or silver.

My friend Hank - ex-KA8RZT (SK) had the rig, a power supply and the external VFO.

I would love to lay my mitts on an SR-2000 and matching peripherals. Why? All the rigs I have deal with QRM/QRN a lot better than the Hallicrafters would, but there's just something about those old radios.

The game of 'What If?' is also fun to play: What If National had marketed a transmitter to match the HRO-500...

[WØTKX]

I would still like one of these silly messed up things, but John already knows that... :roll:

[N8YX]

I would still like one of these silly messed up things, but John already knows that... :roll:

Was made by a subsidiary of NCR.

The CX-11 is the better rig in the series, BTW.

[AF6LJ]

N8YX;
I agree with you about the old radios, I love the way they look and work.

WØTKX;
You and me both, that was touted at the ultimate radio back in the early 70s. For many it was the ultimate project radio :)

Almost ten years ahead of it's time, and nice looking to boot.

[WØTKX]

Was made by a subsidiary of NCR.

The CX-11 is the better rig in the series, BTW.

Long ago and far away when we actually talked on the air,

and some PM's...

I know you are a resource about these.

The SK's call that I have was one of the early "kit finishers" of the CX7a. He was pretty annoyed about what went on for a while, till he got the bugs ironed out. A constant stream of cuss words when he was working on it. :rofl:

And now, back to the IC-745, already in progress...

[N4VGB]

After all else is done, there's this little mod for the IC-745, http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php?topic=7107.0;wap2

Yep, it's a very good sounding AM transmitter also, after this mod.

[N4VGB]

I would still like one of these silly messed up things, but John already knows that... :roll:

Here's a horror story for you. At the very first Tri Cities hamfest in Gray, TN, many moons ago, I passed on a nice looking but dead on xmit Signal One CX7. It was cheap and probably a simple fix. At the table next to this find sat W2IQ/Hank with pics of K4FW/Al Kahn's Collins KW1 that he had left with Hank when he depated TN and had ordered Hank to sell on his behalf. I passed on that one also.

Several more Signal One CX7 and CX11 sets showed up at hamfests in this area after that first exposure and I found reason to pass on them all. Most had admitted problems but all were cheap.

The last Signal One that I saw for sale was the property of country music singer Ronnie Milsap/WB4KCG and was on eBay. I was out of the bidding on that one quickly, as the price soared. Supposedly Ronnie was the original owner and from the pics it looked brand new, described as 100% with all update mods.

Live and learn, as the old saying goes.

[N8YX]

I saw an -11 at Dayton this year. Guy wanted ~$5700 ...

[AF6LJ]

After all else is done, there's this little mod for the IC-745, http://amfone.net/Amforum/index.php?topic=7107.0;wap2

Yep, it's a very good sounding AM transmitter also, after this mod.

I saw that mod a few months back.
Not a bad hack, there are a few ways to do that mod.
I have another ideal in mind.

Well today I am going to borrow a couple of parts off one of the PLL boards to fix the other. We shall see what happens.
Up to this point I wanted to avoid doing that, but hay you only live once :)

[N4VGB]

I saw an -11 at Dayton this year. Guy wanted ~$5700 ...

I just took another look at the registry for the Signal One CX11 & CX11A, still looks like I know of 2 that are not on there, one of them could be the one on the registry listed as wishing to remain anonymous. The registry claims that only 111 of the CX11 and CX11A models were built, guess I was lucky to have encountered the ones that I saw at area hamfests. The registry only has 41 known units listed, it seems to be a rare bird indeed. Even at that level of rarity, $5700 seems a bit much. :shock: