[50mhz] icom 706

[Ray Brown]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "chuck sayers" <wa3gsi at comcast.net>

> Hi All, I have a question to pose to the group if I may.
> I have an Icom 706 mk2g, I turned on this evening to check out the band and
> everything worked.
> A couple minutes later I noticed that I wasn't hearing anything so I looked
> at the 706 and the display was out.
> I pushed the power button a couple times but all you can hear is a slight
> clicking like a relay that picks then drops
> out right away. I checked the fuses in the power cord and the one inside
> and there ok.
> I plugged the power supply into another rig and it works fine.
> Just wonder if anyone else in the group has ever seen this problem?
> I'm trying get the obvious stuff of the way before I really open it up or
> decide to send to Icom service center to
> have them repair it.

  I think it's a bit of a problem with the power connection being a bit loose.
I have a Kenwood TS-60 that does that once in a while except it would
act up the worst when I tried to transmit at either the 50 or 100 watt settings,
then it would mysteriously reset itself. But a bit of careful crimping on the
female connectors themselves, to increase the tension that they apply to the
male connectors, should do the trick.


          _Ray_        KBØSTN