[Icom] Problem with IC-PW1

[Don Hill AA5AU]

I picked up a 2 year old IC-PW1 and it has worked great for two weeks.

This morning after it was on a few minutes, all the LED's lit up on the remote
control unit.  I hadn't even transmitted.

Even though all the lights were lit, the amp actually worked correctly except it
wouldn't power off.  I pushed all the buttons and could tell the AMP/PROTECT,
INPUT, ANT and METER functions worked correctly.  This had happened once before
and I cleared it by unplugging it from the 240 AC.  So when it happened this
morning I just unplugged it and went to work.

Tonight I plugged it back in and turned it on.  Same thing, all LED's lit on the
control unit.  I then thumped it with my finger and all the LED's went out and
both meters went half scale.  But now none of the functions worked except the
power button.  Thinking I might have a loose connection in the control head, I
took it apart and checked the control cable.  It seemed secure.  I then bypassed
the remote cable and plugged the control head directly into J3 on the amp but
got the same thing.

I did a reset by pressing the UP and DOWN buttons and turning on the power.  No
help.  I checked to make sure my 240 VAC was good and it is.

I have a feeling the problem is in the control head.  However whenever I plugged
the amp into AC power it comes on automatically without the Power button.

Any suggestions?  I guess I'll call Icom tomorrow and see if they have anything.

Man, great amp.  Got it at a steal, but not looking so good right now.

I did notice one thing in the two weeks I had it (using it with a '775DSP and
CT-17 interface).  Occasionally when in the receive mode, the amp would try to
jump bands very quickly.  I would hear the relays and look and see the LED jump
from say, 14 to 7 and back to 14 quickly.  I disconnected it from the CT-17 but
it still did it.  I don't think this would be normal.  So maybe it had a problem
all along.

Any suggestions other than send it back to Icom?  I probably end up doing that,
but was hoping someone here on the Icom reflector might know a trick or two.

Thanks,
Don AA5AU