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Before you invest in a radio system, look at the company behind the
product.
Icom? Never heard of them.
Icom commands the top third position in world-wide land mobile radio
sales.
They stand world-wide with Motorola, Kenwood, M/A-Comm, Thales, and, E.F.
Johnson.
They just make ham radios, don't they?
Arguably, the best in the world. But most of the company's product sales are
in the Marine, Avionics and Land Mobile industries.
Land Mobile (our specialty) now accounts for over half of Icom's sales.
Icom doesn't build cell phones, pagers, stereos, wrist watches or
toasters, only the finest communications equipment possible.
Who builds their radios for them?
Nobody! Unlike nearly all other manufacturers who farm production out
to the lowest bidder in another country, ALL Icom products are manufactured from the ground up
(not just assembled) by Icom employees in wholly owned Icom facilities
located in Osaka, Japan. Icom equipment is manufactured to strict standards
in the latest state of the art ISO-certified "white room" environments. If
its not an Icom, there's a good chance it was build in Mexico, Korea or
China where labor is cheap and quality control exists only on paper.
Specialty Icom accessories come from manufacturing partners such as EMR, Otto
Engineering, Telex, Klein, and Daniels Electronics- all
Industry leaders with the highest quality possible.
But we need a complete system...
Icom is one of the very few radio manufacturers with an extensive
specialized in-house Systems Division. They design, build, ship equipment,
then have factory staff go the field to ensure its right. If you call for
support, you talk to the folks who designed and built the equipment.
In-house engineers, and engineering partners such as Trident Microsystems and Daniels Electronics (www.danelec.com
- prime supplier of APCO P25 equipment to the U. S. Government) design and
build state of the art, complex multi-site radio systems world-wide.
The other guys: "System" salesmen? Probably. Complete,
experienced factory system engineering with local 24/7 support? Yea, right.
They're just a little company...
Icom Incorporated is a publicly held corporation; its stock is traded on the
Tokyo and Osaka Stock Exchanges with over $375 million in assets.
Are they solvent?
In 2004, Icom Incorporated sales were just short of $250 million
with a 12% operating profit ($31 million) .Corporate debt? Everything, including short-term trade payables, totaled
under 12% of their assets. We should all be doing so well...
http://www.icom.co.jp/company/ir/h16/anyu.pdf
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Icom makes rugged products that meet MIL-STD requirements
and strict environmental standards as follows.
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Standard |
MIL 810C |
MIL 810D |
MIL 810E |
MIL 810F |
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Method |
Proc. |
Method |
Proc. |
Method |
Proc. |
Method |
Proc |
| Low Pressure |
500.1 |
I |
500.2 |
I, II |
500.3 |
I, II |
500.4 |
I, II |
| High Temp. |
501.1 |
I |
501.2 |
I, II |
501.3 |
I, II |
501.4 |
I, II |
| Low Temp. |
502.1 |
I |
502.2 |
I, II |
502.3 |
I, II |
502.4 |
I, II |
| Temp. Shock |
503.1 |
I |
503.2 |
I |
503.3 |
I |
503.4 |
I |
| Solar Radiation |
505.1 |
I |
505.2 |
I |
505.3 |
I |
505.4 |
I |
| Rain |
506.1 |
I, II |
506.2 |
I, II |
506.3 |
I, II |
506.4 |
I, II |
| Humidity |
507.1 |
I, II |
507.2 |
II, III |
507.3 |
I, III |
507.4 |
- |
| Salt Fog |
509.1 |
I |
509.2 |
I |
509.3 |
I |
509.4 |
- |
| Dust |
510.1 |
I |
510.2 |
I |
510.3 |
I |
510.4 |
I |
| Vibration |
514.2 |
VIII, X |
514.3 |
I |
514.4 |
I |
514.5 |
I |
| Shock |
516.2 |
I, II, V |
516.3 |
I, IV |
516.4 |
I, IV |
516.5 |
I, IV |
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