[Icom] Frozen Send relay - 756

[Ken]

Hi Adam. My PROll manual issue A-6072H-1EX states 16VDC/2A. In my opinion
the issue here isn't that ICOM made a mistake but the fact that they
haven't the decency to admit it and post an addendum on thier web site.
This is the same problem with the lines in the original 756 display and
the auto tuner self destruct problem. They addressed the PROll auto tuner
problem by turning the auto tuner auto functions OFF from the factory but
still no real warning. So if your 756 went south under warranty you were
lucky except for the shipping and loss of the radio. Out of warranty and
you're stuck, and this is where most second hand owners will find
themselves. That's why the tuner, display, and relay issues will come back
again and again and again. For the record ICOM's web site downloadable
PROll manual page 18 still states 16VDC/2A, Ken  

--- Adam Farson <farson@shaw.ca> wrote:
> Jim, Tony,
> 
> It is possible that Icom's techwriters changed the manual after the
> first
> release. My  IC-756Pro User Manual, Pub. No. A-6072H-1EX-(2), clearly
> states
> 0.5A on Page 18. To quote: "The specifications for the SEND relay are
> 16V 0.5A.
> If this level is exceeded, a large external relay must be used." Also,
> on Page
> 12, Item 10: "Max. control level: 16V DC/0.5A".
> 
> I do not quite comprehend the purpose of this debate. I cannot believe
> that it
> is an attempt to justify not using an auxiliary interface, in the face
> of all
> the evidence to the contrary (in the form of blown and welded internal
> relays).
> 

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