[Icom] IC-756PROII

Tue, 13 May 2003 00:14:03 -0500

I was on 6 M for a while back in 1959 using a Heathkit Seneca AM rig.
Neighbors for about 4 city blocks in downtown St. Louis, MO wanted to have
me tarred and feathered. I guess I wiped out ch 2, 4 and 5 which were the
only TV channels back then.

Never been there since.......

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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of TLW
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 9:53 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Icom] IC-756PROII

You are correct; no 6 mtr antenna. I've never been on 6 before.

The problem apparently is that I have HF LP filters in the line before
and after the linear. I need to bypass the filters and see what happens.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David J. Ring Jr - N1EA" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 10:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Icom] IC-756PROII

> I would guess from what you are saying, that you don't have a six
meter
> antenna, do you?
>
> That would probably explain the SWR problem.
>
> Cushcraft makes a nice 3 element beam which will get you started, but
I
> personally like their 5 element beam.
>
> Remember the more elements, the sharper the beam is - you might be so
narrow
> you'd miss the openings!
>
> Also a good 6 meter antenna is stacked halos.  Omnidirectional
horizontal
> antennas, but stacked for gain.  Each additional antenna gives a
"times two"
> of power.  Two halos stacked is about 3 dB over a dipole, and three
halos
> (my favorite) is about 5 dB over a dipole - which is about the same as
a two
> element yagi.
>
> Of course you could also find the directions to make a quad for six
out of
> pvc pipe - make sure you use the white pvc because the grey or black
has
> graphite in it and will mess things up for you!
>
> 73
>
> David Ring
> N1EA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "TLW" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 9:15 PM
> Subject: [Icom] IC-756PROII
>
>
> I bought a new IC-756PROII a few days ago and have been learning to
use it.
> It works well except on 6 meters and it may be an operator problem.
When I
> listen on 6 mtrs I don't even hear any noise w/preamp2 on; it makes no
> difference whether an antenna is connected or not. I tried ANT1 and
ANT2;
> also set ANT to OFF to be sure ANT1 was active. Then I tried TX and
saw
> about 30% power on internal meter; external meter didn't wiggle. I
checked
> SWR and it was infinite on everything I connected including a
commercial
> dummy load. The ant. tuner was unable to lower it. It seems the
circuit is
> not connected to the ANT1 or ANT2. Is there something I need to set to
get 6
> meters to work?
> Terry Wells
>
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