[Icom] ICOM Service Center Problem

Thu, 24 Oct 2002 20:55:10 -0500

Hi Ray,

Yeah, that was me hooking up the antenna to the SWR bridge and then the 
rig. I did hook up the antenna to the rig with the same result.

My friend hooked the rig up to his antenna, but he did receive the same 
drop in signal -- which means it has to be the rig.

Another poster suggested that I try connecting the antenna while listening 
to WWV. When I do that, the signal does not go down which I chalk up to 
WWV's 50,000 watts.

73,

Dennis

At 06:48 PM 10/24/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Dennis,
>
>I seem to recall that when you first reported this problem, you indicated 
>you were using an external SWR meter between the rig and the antenna, with 
>a short piece of coax between the 706 and the SWR bridge. Is this correct 
>or am I thinking of someone else?
>
>If it was you, did you ever try the antenna directly to the 706, 
>eliminating any other pieces of coax or the SWR bridge as the actual 
>culprit? When you used your friends antenna, was it connected directly to 
>the radio or thru an external SWR meter?  Just curious.
>
>73, Ray W2EC
>
>Dennis DeMarco wrote:
>
>>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?.
>>----
>>Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan W6OLD, [email protected]
>>Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.315 MHz
>>Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/
>
>
>
>----
>Your Moderator: Dick Flanagan W6OLD, [email protected]
>Icom Users Net: Sundays, 1700Z, 14.315 MHz
>Icom FAQ: http://www.qsl.net/icom/