[Icom] IC 756 pro power

[Rick Gouge VER7RiK]

Well Said George. Rick
----- Original Message -----
From: "George, W5YR" <w5yr@att.net>
To: <icom@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2002 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: [Icom] IC 756 pro power


> Only to those of us who might have to listen to his signal and to those of
> us who hate to see good equipment abused and to those of us who feel that
> we should share our experience and knowledge with those who might be
> unaware of the consequences of what they propose.
>
> No, we have no "right" to interfere - it is his radio. But he is not
> operating in a vacuum and his actions will affect others.
>
> I don't think that I read anyone say "You cannot or must not change that
> radio!" That would be the statement of a "policeman" as you imply.
>
> What I did read was well-intentioned and accurate technical advice
> describing the consequences of making such a modification. In addition, if
> the radio is still in warranty and the result of an attempt to increase
> power output results in damage or failure, a warranty repair might be
> compromised.
>
> Andy is presumably capable of making his own decisions, and I doubt that
> any posting on a reflector would be likely to cause or prevent his doing
> anything.
>
> No flame, Diverjim, but I think that you are branding us with a false
> label, just because we made negative recommendations instead of telling
him
> which pot to adjust.
>
> 72/73/oo, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas
> Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe
> Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 56th year and it just keeps getting better!
> QRP-L 1373 NETXQRP 6 SOC 262 COG 8 FPQRP 404 TEN-X 11771
> Icom IC-756PRO #02121  Kachina #91900556  IC-765 #02437
>
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>
> Diverjim wrote:
> >
> > I find it interesting how many what to police the actions of others.
> >
> > I recall a few weeks, perhaps months ago, someone asked a similar
question
> > and received numerous responses providing the information requested
without
> > all this policing and harboring of information.  In fact the information
was
> > given for the IC-746 about what trimmers were for HF and for 2 meters.
> >
> > I wish I could provide the answer for Andy, but I don't know.
> >
> > Andy didn't state exactly why he needed the extra power, but does it
really
> > matter?
> >
> > Just my $0.02.
> >
> > Jim
>
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