[Icom] IC 746 problem

[Tony Hwang]

Hi,
Double check the filter install. May have ppor connection?
Never know!
GL, 73,
Tony, VE6CGX

tom johnson wrote:

>I asked this question earlier this week and several of you said it is normal
>for the 746, but I would like some second opinions.....
>
>Recently, or at least it's gotten worse recently, my receive has begun
>cutting out, on strong signals when they end abruptly. The delay seems to be
>about a seconds duration usually, but has been longer than that. This seems
>to be worse on RTTY, and has gotten so bad now that it is beginning to cut
>out in the middle of a transmission, and leaves gaps in the text. It is
>almost like the squelch setting is too tight causing the signal to drop out
>if the signal drops slightly. The squelch setting has no effect on this, and
>in fact, I went into the menu and turned the squelch off, with no change.
>
>It does it periodically on SSB, but is not nearly so bad as it is on RTTY.
>My first thought was the MTTY program, but since it is doing it too on SSB,
>I don't think that is the problem.
>
>Last weekend, I installed a 500 Kc filter in the 9 Mc filter slot, but have
>made no other changes. Truthfully, if this is "normal", I think this thing
>may be for sale shortly.
>
>Does anyone have any ideas??
>
>Tom
>
>N4TJ
>
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