[Icom] 756ProII backlight / band conditions

Wed, 24 Jul 2002 20:24:28 -0400

no fear,a massive ejection on the 23rd wiped out all the bands.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Shrader" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Icom] 756ProII backlight / band conditions


> 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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