[Icom] 756ProII backlight / band conditions

Thu, 25 Jul 2002 21:05:12 -0400

Thanks for all the input. I've been away on vacation and off the air
until I picked up the 756ProII, so was unaware of the solar situation.
You all can blame me for it, since I got the radio, something bad had to
happen so I couldn't use it while travelling around.

Maybe I'll go back home and things will get better.

73, Ray  W2EC

Larry Winslow wrote:
> 
> I just did a sweep of 20 on my IC-765 and the band is DEAD. I heard one
> weak cw signal on the bottom of the band but nothing else.
> 
> 73 - Larry W�NFU
> Seattle 20:02z
> 
> At 07:39 AM 7/24/02 -0400, you 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
> >----
> >Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan W6OLD, [email protected]
> >Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/
> 
> ----
> Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan W6OLD, [email protected]
> Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/