[Icom] ICOM Service Center Problem

Thu, 24 Oct 2002 15:35:32 -0500

Yeah, I feel the techs were right.

The only thing I can think of is that I use an artificial ground as my only 
ground (condo situation).  Could that maybe be it?

73,

Dennis KA3QOT

At 12:19 PM 10/24/2002 -0700, you wrote:
>      The Icom techs tend to be pretty good and if they couldn't find
>anything, I seriously doubt they simply did nothing.  I know that what you
>experience happens to me when I hook up a radio to a coax switch when the
>switch is not selected to that connector.  I get a received signal until I
>touch the shield connector to the switch box, then get no signal.  However,
>I do get a signal when I then select the proper connector.
>      If what you say happens the same everytime, it would sound like it may
>be an antenna switch problem.  You're sure you are connecting the HF antenna
>to ANT1 and not listening to HF while connecting something into ANT2?
>      You might also plug a wattmeter and dummy load into it and TX at
>minimum power for a VERY BRIEF keydown and see if the meter moves.
>
>Try this with ANT1 and ANT2
>
>
>
> > ----------
> > From:         Dennis DeMarco[SMTP:[email protected]]
> > Reply To:     [email protected]
> > Sent:         Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:31 AM
> > To:   [email protected]
> > Subject:      [Icom] ICOM Service Center Problem
> >
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I sent my ICOM 706 MKII G for warranty repair to ICOM to correct a problem
> > where, when  I insert the center piece and start screwing on the shield,
> > the
> > signal drops appreciably from maybe an S5 noise level to S1, if at all. My
> > antenna and coax is Ok. Tried the rig on my friends resonant antenna and
> > problem is there as well.
> >
> > ICOM is returning the rig to me, saying that they tested it and it works
> > fine.
> > I suggested they check SO-239 connector to make sure and they said it was
> > fine.
> >
> > So my question is: what do I do now? I do believe them, but there
> > definitely
> > is something wrong with the rig. Were the techs there just being lazy?
> >
> > Any ideas?.
> >
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