[Icom] 60 M

[Ray V.]

Not quite right. I paid $13 for brand new crystals from International 
Crystal for my good old reliable KWM-2A to use in the 5.4-5.6 and 
5.8-6.0 range for MARS use and recently purchased a 5.2-5.4 crystal to 
be ready, "just in case". It arrived in a week, not 3 to 6 months. The 
KWM-2A works just fine at full power on these frequencies.

As for Icom, many Icom rigs like my IC-706MkII work fine in the 5-6meg 
range but the IC-756ProII is not one of them. Actually, the ProII after 
modification will work on the new ham band, but..... maybe it is just 
coincidence but how about that 50watt limit the FCC imposed? It just so 
happens that because of the bandpass filter design in the ProII (and 
maybe the other 756 models?) the 756ProII shuts down output power 
rapidly in the 5-6 meg range. At 5.2-5.4 it seems to put out 50 watts 
fine, but you won't get much more than that. So I guess the 756ProII 
will work after all, within the FCC limits, isn't that handy. But up at 
the MARS freqs between 5.8 to 6.0, it's barely putting out 15 watts. 
That's when I go back to my obsolete, but at least it works, Collins gear.

Ray W2EC

wjdiamond wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> Well, you can always dig out the old 761 and 765 Icom rigs, they will go
> anywhere....
> 
> But just think, if you had a Collins, you could pay upwards of 350.00 for
> an xtal pack or beg someone to sell you the xtal from their pack for 50.00
> ++++  or have a new one made and wait 3 to 6 months.
> 
> Ah, the joy of Icom ownership lingers long after the price is
> forgotten......
> 
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