[Icom] Found a problem.

Tue, 13 May 2003 18:37:58 -0500

Hi Frank,

You are kinder than I am with the name for them......  Hi Hi.

Bad thing is, they are the only ones that make a 6 position switch.   I
have some of the older B&W ones and there is zip isolation on them, at
least on the MFJ the unused contacts are grounded (assuming the grounding
screws are tight)

73

        William J. Diamond (Bill)
        Rogers, Arkansas USA
        [email protected]

        Ham Radio Operator WR�T
      Flying The Flag Long Before
            It Was Popular

 Please Visit My Icom Radio Page At

 http://pages.sbcglobal.net/wjdiamond/index.html

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Frank A. Ellis
Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2003 6:23 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Icom] Found a problem.

Yep, Mighty Fine Junk . . .

73 Frank W3UHF

>From: "wjdiamond" <[email protected]>
>Reply-To: [email protected]
>To: "Icom@Mailman. Qth. Net" <[email protected]>
>Subject: [Icom] Found a problem.
>Date: Tue, 13 May 2003 17:58:50 -0500
>
>Hi folks,
>
>I use several of the MFJ 1701 6 position switches for switching between
the
>various Icom rigs and the dummy loads or antennas.
>
>In the last 3 weeks or so I have been noticing higher than normal SWR to
>the dummy loads and the antenna.
>
>I substituted my SWR analyzer for some of the rigs and took some readings,
>the SWR was not real good, in the neighborhood of 2.5 to 1 to the dummy
>loads.
>
>I did some troubleshooting and I found that the coax connectors on the
>bottom of the MFJ switches were held on with Philips screws. Yep you
>guessed it, every single one was loose.......
>
>I checked all of the switches and they were all loose.  So if you use any
>of these it might be a good idea to check the screws..SWR is back to 1-1
>now.
>
>73
>
>         William J. Diamond (Bill)
>         Rogers, Arkansas USA
>         [email protected]
>
>         Ham Radio Operator WR�T
>       Flying The Flag Long Before
>             It Was Popular
>
>  Please Visit My Icom Radio Page At
>
>  http://pages.sbcglobal.net/wjdiamond/index.html
>
>
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