[Icom] IC-765

[Larry]

At 09:59 AM 3/1/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi Gang,
>
>Just subscribed to list. Picked up a nice IC-765 at an estate sale
>recently. Seems to be a great rig, but have some questions you
>owners might help me with:
>
>1)  Rig seems to run a little warm at 100W, especially the heat
>      sink ventilation box at rear. Internal fan comes on OK, but
>      still little warm for me. Suppose you could remove speaker
>      from grill in top cover to let some heat out. Tried a desk
>      fan blowing across the box at rear, but doesn't do much
>      good.

My 765 runs cold such that I've been concerned.


>2)  The IF Shift and Notch controls seem pretty well worthless.
>      Any mods to make these controls work like the Kenwoods
>      I am used to running ??  Web site for mods, info, etc.

I've found the "IF Shift" to be worthless. However, the notch is very=20
effective.


>3)  My first Icom rig - any info related to above or anything to
>      make this rig run better appreciated.

There's a lot of stuff which can be quickly found using Google & search=20
words of IC-765 modifications.


>73,  Larry    K4WLS

73 - Larry W=D8NFU
larry_w@attbi.com