[Icom] 706MKII-G recive

Tue, 9 Jul 2002 17:40:50 -0700 (PDT)

Hello, your radio is broken. I will take it off your
hands for $50.00.  Really I think it may need to be at
a certain temperature plus the vibration to act up.
             Elmer   
--- Bill & Annie <[email protected]> wrote:
> I installed a 706MKII-G (serial #10074) in my truck
> and noticed that with
> the vehicle in motion receive signals are up and
> down. When stopped the
> signal is constant and strong as it should be. This
> even happens on two
> meter repeaters that have strong signals and the
> radio should hold full
> scale. I removed this radio and installed another
> 706MKII-G (serial #7247)
> which held the repeaters full scale while stopped or
> while moving. I put the
> radio with the problem on the bench, hooked it up,
> then tried to repeat the
> problem by tapping on the transceiver and bouncing
> it around. It works fine
> on the bench and I couldn't get it to duplicate the
> problem. So I put the
> problem radio into another truck and once again had
> an up and down receive
> signal only when the vehicle is in motion. On
> repeaters that should be full
> scale, the S meter fluctuates from about an S-3 to
> an S-20. When stopped it
> goes to full scale. The audio out rises and falls
> with the meter. The
> transmit signal does not appear to be affected. An
> external power meter
> (Daiwa CN-801V) and signal reports verify this. Any
> suggestions or comments
> would be appreciated. Bill KG4HPM
> 
> 
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