[Icom] Noise With 706MKIIG in 2001 Toyota Tacoma

Sun, 12 May 2002 23:11:01 -0000

Carefully strip off a good amount of coax braid from some
RG-8 etc, and pull the control cable through it.  Try bonding
it at first one, then the other, then both ends and see which
gives the best result.

Spend a few bucks at radio shack and get some of the ferrite
noise suppressors, put them over the ends of the cables.

Noise and interference suppression isn't usually one big break-
through.  It is usually gotten one dB at a time.

Good luck.

Mike.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
> Behalf Of Dave
> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 10:36 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [Icom] Noise With 706MKIIG in 2001 Toyota Tacoma
> 
> 
> You could try wrapping the control cable with the adhesive 
> copper tape (
> like the stuff used as security tape on glass panels ) spiral 
> winding it,
> and bonding that to the vehicle chassis.
> 
> Only thing I could think of :-)
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dave G3VFP
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Davies, Doug A FOR:EX" <[email protected]>
> To: "'Icom'" <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 11:00 PM
> Subject: [Icom] Noise With 706MKIIG in 2001 Toyota Tacoma
> 
> 
> > I just completed the installation of a MKIIG/AH-2 
> combination in a 2001
> > Toyota Tacoma pickup.  With the engine NOT turned on, I am 
> getting a loud
> > squealing noise on all bands.  Also, when I turn the VFO 
> dial, it sounds
> > like someone is rubbing sandpaper on a microphone.  I have 
> the control
> head
> > mounted where the under-dash ashtray used to be and the 
> radio is under the
> > driver's seat.  This stuff is present only with an antenna 
> connected and
> > with various antennas, including the one on my tower hooked 
> direct to the
> > MKIIG.  If the control head is mounted directly to the 
> radio, there is no
> > noise.  Any ideas where this stuff may be coming from and 
> how to eliminate
> > it?  Could it be being picked up by the cable that hooks 
> the control head
> to
> > the radio?  If so, how would I keep it off there?  Lots of 
> questions and I
> > haven't even turned the truck on yet...geesh!
> >
> > Doug  VA7DD
> >
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