[Icom] IC-761 s-meter bulb

[George, W5YR]

Ron, I don't know how "dead" your TX is, but a common failure in the 765 (
probably the same general setup in the 761) is the transistor that drives
the driver and final stages in the output module. The 765 had a number of
design problems that caused that transistor to fail. I replaced mine four
times before Gary Fiber took pity on me and sent me the entire 765 file on
mods and updates from their service shop. I made the suggested mods and no
more failures. In the 765 I successfully replaced the transistor with a
2N2222 while waiting for the right part to arrive.

So, if everything seems to be working but you are getting zero to maybe a
watt out of the TX, look at that last transmitter driver transistor in the
low-level circuitry prior to the output module.

73/72/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 I-LINK 11735
Icom IC-756PRO #02121  Kachina 505 DSP  #91900556  Icom IC-765 #02437


N4ue@aol.com wrote:
> 
> The reciever works fine, but the xmit is dead. Unfortunatly, I'm in the
> middle of a move to the new QTH, so ALL my tools and test equipment are
> packed up. UGHHHHH.