[Icom] Low power and Icom 706MKIIG

Mon, 24 Jun 2002 05:38:34 -0700 (PDT)

Hi Rick,

thanks for the info.  Where is the internal adjustment
for power on the radio?

73s John NE0P
--- Rick Robinson <[email protected]> wrote:
> John I use the 706MKIIG and I have no problems with
> my Mirage 1016G. One
> thing I do is to NOT USE the menu to lower the
> power. I keep all my
> power levels on high and internally turn down the
> power to the right
> level to drive my amp. This is a safeguard in case
> you reset the
> processor and forget to set the level in the menu if
> you use that
> method. No spike problems here. It may be in the
> menu part that senses a
> command to lower power after the ptt is pressed that
> causes a spike,
> just my guess. Anyway my method works well for me.
> 73 Rick  K8DXN.
> 
> John Geiger wrote:
> > 
> > I know that the Original 706 and the MKII had
> problems
> > with a brief full power spike at the beginning of
> each
> > transmission, even when the power was reduced. 
> This
> > was detailed in the QST product review for the
> MKII.
> > Has this problem been fixed in the MKIIG?  The QST
> > review said that it was "better".  Has anyone had
> any
> > experiences-good or bad-with running the MKIIG
> into a
> > 10 watt 2 meter amp?
> > 
> > 73s John NE0P
> > 
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