[Icom] IC-756PROII

Tue, 13 May 2003 19:40:42 -0700

I worked 6 M from 1960 - '63 on a home-brew 14W AM unit. Had to supply
hi-pass filters to only the two next  door neighbors in L.A., for
interference only on channel 2. My mobile rig was a Black Widow with a
dynamotor for the B+.
73, Jack KF6IFF (was WA6OFT in the '60s)

On Tue, 13 May 2003 00:14:03 -0500 "wjdiamond" <[email protected]>
writes:
> 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.......
> 
>         William J. Diamond (Bill)
>         Rogers, Arkansas USA
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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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