T&T: Icom VHF Failure - Was: How do you hold your mic?

[Albin43SDtr]

'Lo All,

A common failure point in most Icom radios is the little (?lithium?) 
button battery. Different stages of battery failure indicate 
different maladies, so it is quite hard to troubleshoot. One shop 
wanted to change out the main IC, another said the whole radio had 
salt corrosion and was beyond repair. The old head said to change the 
battery - and he was right. He said it is a common problem. The radio 
is still in the Celestial and works fine.


Take care and be safe.

Wayne
M/V Celestial
Albin43 Sundeck