[Icom] IC-706 MkII FM receive problem possible solution

[W3UIO]

Good idea, Stephen, but my 706 MK2 is the opposite.
The radio is squelched in the CLOCKWISE position.
Maximum RF gain is at ten o'clock.

I had a similar problem in that the radio went dead in
AM position. The squelch was fully clockwise. That was
the result of a habit of keeping RF gain controls
fully clockwise and forgetting that the 706 is
different.

--- k0sd@juno.com wrote:
> Hello,
>    Someone recently put a post out, could transmit
> on 2 fm, but no
> receive.   I passed it by at the time, but had a
> though on it.   Check
> your RF Gain/Squelch setting.  If you have RF
> gain/Squelch enabled for
> FM, and the knob is fully counter-clockwise, you
> won't have any receive. 
>  With the radio set up this way, you have normal
> operation with the
> squelch knob straight up at 12 oclock, moving it
> clockwise to 3 oclock it
> will act as a squelch control, but moving it to the
> left toward 9 oclock
> it acts as a RF gain control.   All the way to the
> left at 7 oclock the
> radio is about dead.    Just a possibility.
> 
> 73's de Stephen, K0SD in NC


=====
Larry, W3UIO

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