[Icom] 706 frequency problem/resolved

[AA6DX]

Poop, Matt  -- what kind of reply is that?   Tsk tsk .. no wonder you don't
want any QSLs!   Sheesh .. It is OK to be a doo-doo, but .. "WHY" ???   What
TRUBBLE, Matt? .. does not your DELETE key function?
For the benefit of the ICOM list .. I have tuned up my IC-736, and it works
SWELL . the interesting thing was the setting of the FQ ... cannot believe
how neat that worked, once I figured it out!
73, Mark   AA6DX

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matt Erickson" <kk5dr@ev1.net>
To: <icom@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2003 3:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Icom] 706 frequency problem/resolved


> Wow!  How about those who "think" they have a problem, make all the proper
checks, and tests prior to jumping into the reflector with the question?
Might save all of us the trouble.
>
> At 04:47 PM 6/15/03 , you wrote:
> >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!