[Icom] 706 frequency problem/resolved

[Matt Erickson]

Nice little childish relay you made.
I shall now return to "stealth mode", you guys will not know whether I'm here or not.


At 05:53 PM 6/15/03 , you wrote:
>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!
>
>
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