[Icom] Noise With 706MKIIG in 2001 Toyota Tacoma

[Rick Robinson]

All these ideas are good but if you can try to substitute the remote
cable with one of someone elses that will tell you a lot as this seems
to be the problem. Also look for bad contacts on the cable or debris in
or on the connector. Also does it change when you move the cable to a
different location in the truck or wiggle the cord? I seriously doubt if
adding beads will help at this point as the motor is not even on. Maybe
when you get it working and start transmitting you will need them but
you should take first things first. Fix the receive then take the rest
as it comes.   Good luck, Rick K8DXN

"Davies, Doug A FOR:EX" wrote:
> 
> 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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