[Icom] 756ProII backlight / band conditions

[Dave Shrader]

BANDS ARE DEAD   DEAD    DEAD

MM Net: W1VFW barely readable with beam at 40 feet pointed right at him.

Deacon Dave, W1MCE


"Ray, W2EC" wrote:
> 
> I'm traveling on vacation and stopped at HRO in NH Monday to buy a
> 756ProII. I have a 20/17/15/10 meter dipole I brought with me in
> anticipation of using the rig. However on trying it Tuesday and this
> morning I find the bands are dead, as in I barely hear a thing. There
> are one or two stations on 20 I can barely hear, and nothing but noise
> on the other bands. I've gone thru the book to make sure everything is
> set up right,(ant 1 selected and ant connected to Ant 1, rf gain,
> everything else I would expect). I get lot's of noise, but virtually no
> stations, the few I do hear are so weak they are barely copyable.
> 
> I've been off the air for several days so someone PLEASE tell me we have
> had a massive solar condition that has wiped out the bands for several
> days, and it is not my new 756ProII!
> 
> Also, there is a display command Backlight(switches) that doesn't seem
> to do anything except adjust the brightness of the s-meter light. There
> is no backlighting of any of the switches on the panel under any
> slection. Are the pushbuttons/switches etc supposed to be backlite or is
> this a problem?
> 
> Thanks, Ray  W2EC
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