[Icom] 706 frequency problem/resolved

[w5htw]

My apologies to you, sir, for wasting your time
ed

Matt Erickson wrote:

>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.
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>At 04:47 PM 6/15/03 , you wrote:
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>>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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