[Icom] 706 frequency problem/resolved

[AA6DX]

BOY .. does that make me  ( AND A THOUSAND OTHERS!) feel GOOD!   Been there
.. done that .. 73, Mark .. AA6DX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <w5htw@att.net>
To: <icom@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 2:47 PM
Subject: [Icom] 706 frequency problem/resolved


> Well, OK, 47 years of radio and I fell for this one.  Had had the front
panel
> off a couple of days ago, something I should have included as a part of
the
> problem.
>
> Brought the 706 in from the truck and put it on the bench.  Checked it
against
> the crystal calibrator on a Kenwood 520.  Yep, quite low, about a KHZ.
But I
> decided to try something else.  Put the 706 on dummy load and put it on
what
> appeared to be 14298.98, where the MMSN was being heard, and transmitted
on USB.
>  Hmmm... Off freq in the Kenwood.  And I had just checked that calibrator
> against WWV.  Tuned the 706 until it was received on 14300 on the Kenwood.
> Transmitted and observed TX frequency.  14300.  Damn, sounds like an RIT
> problem.  But the RIT diode isn't lighted.  However, I punched the RIT
button,
> got a beep, and the diode still wasn't lighted.  Ah... was the RIT on all
this
> time?  Well, yes, that's exactly what it was.  Probably while riding down
the
> road I hit the RIT while bouncing along these dirt roads.
>
> So why wasn't the RIT diode lit?  I decided to pull the front panel again.
> Maybe I bent a pin in the jack, maybe I broke something when I had it off
> before.  Well, no answer to that, since, when it put it back today, the
RIT
> diode now works fine.  Have since pulled it once more, and examined it.  I
can't
> find anything wrong, but now the RIT diode lights properly.
>
> Simple darned button fooled me.  Well, it won't be my last stupid mistake.
>
> 73 and thanks for the help.  From the OF forced to live in the digital
age!
>
> Ed
>
>
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