Exclusive London Boatshow Offer – 5 Year Warranty on Icom Radios and AIS Products Purchased at the London Boatshow. January 11, 2013
Posted by Icom UK in Marine Radio.Tags: IC-M23, IC-M323, IC-M35, IC-M411, IC-M505, IC-M603, IC-M71, IC-M91D, London Boatshow 2013, MA-500TR and MXA-5000
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Icom UK will be having a very special offer for customers who are looking to purchase a VHF marine radio or AIS product at this year’s London Boatshow. Leisure customers who purchase one of Icom’s radio models will have the chance to upgrade their radio warranty to an outstanding 5 years.The exclusive 5 Year Warranty applies to the following models purchased at the London Boatshow 2013 between 12th January 2013 and 20th January 2013.
IC-M23, IC-M35, IC-M71, IC-M91D, IC-M323, IC-M411, IC-M505, IC-M603, MA-500TR and MXA-5000
For full details including terms and conditions, please visit Icom UK’s stand B172.
So if you are thinking of buying a VHF Marine Radio or an AIS Transponder/Receiver this year, purchase a model from an authorised Icom reseller at the show and receive that extra peace of mind!
Icom Marketing: marketing@icomuk.co.uk
Icom’s Alaskan Adventure June 6, 2012
Posted by Icom UK in Marine Radio.Tags: IC-M35
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Icom America was recently contacted by Michael Armstrong, a volunteer with the Alaskan Coastal Studies, with a fantastic survival story of an IC-M34 (US version of IC-M33, now replaced by IC-M35). The following story is a testament to the quality and reliability of Icom products:
“To whom it may concern:
I am a volunteer with the Centre for Alaskan Coastal Studies in Homer, Alaska. On 4/29/12 I did a beach walk of Diamond Creek beach on Kachemak Bay south of Homer as part of a program to monitor local beaches for possible Japanese tsunami marine debris.
This beach is very rugged and gets a lot of flotsam from lower Cook Inlet and the Gulf of Alaska. Snow on the beach thawed in mid-April, making it possible to monitor the driftwood wrack line of flotsam tossed up during winter storms.
On my walk I found an Icom IC-M34 VHF marine transceiver. It was intact, with only moderate scratching on the screen and case. I took out the battery, charged it in a universal battery charger, put it back in, and was pleasantly surprised to find the radio worked perfectly. I downloaded a manual from your website and checked out the various features. Everything works, with no hissing, sputtering, or other issues.
Based on the radio’s condition and its location, I would guess it was lost at least sometime last fall. It is also possible this was a new radio lost in shipping from a container spill, in which case its travels would be all the more interesting.
The radio says “submersible” and “floating”. I don’t know what kind of tests you submit your radios through to back up this claim, but I think with the real world test this unit has gone through, you can safely say the IC-M34 is, in fact, submersible and floating. It also can survive a rough Alaska winter or two on a rocky beach with high surf. This is one tough radio”.
There have been many other reports of people in the U.S. and Canada finding goods washed up on their shore after travelling across the Pacific Ocean following the tsunami. Last month a motorcycle was found on the western shores of Canada, in which the registration number was used to identify the owner in Japan.
Since finding the radio, Michael has forwarded the serial number of the radio on to Icom, to help find its true owner.
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