[ICOM] 718 Receiver

[John Geiger]

I assume also that you have checked the menus and
whatever, and it is set for 100% power output.

73s John NE0P

--- awallacejr at sbcglobal.net wrote:

> Thanks George. That may be the answer since I was
> using RTTY to transmit a 
> carrier. I will check with Icom. And again, that 718
> is one neat little 
> radio--not a toy at all.
> 
> Andy K5VM
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "George Lee" <geokr5c at cablelynx.com>
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 11:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] 718 Receiver
> 
> 
> > Andy, I am not all that familiar with the 718 but
> was wondering if there 
> > is a way the transmit is locked in the AM or RTTY
> mode?
> >
> > Probably not so but, it sure sounds as if it is
> somehow locked on the 1/2 
> > power level often found on 100 watt radios when in
> the AM, FM, RTTY mode.
> >
> > Good luck guys.
> >
> > 73, George
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: <awallacejr at sbcglobal.net>
> > To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 11:49 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ICOM] 718 Receiver
> >
> >
> >> Thanks Gary. It is a new Icom power supply with a
> dedicated connection to 
> >> the radio and he is also using an Icom 180 auto
> tuner properly hooked up. 
> >> We also did two hard resets of the radio CPU to
> no avail. Also checked 
> >> the antenna SWR with a MFJ meter--it is under 1.5
> with no tuner. Will try 
> >> the dummy load approach for impedence problems
> but it is interesting that 
> >> the radio puts out exactly 1/2 its rated power;
> not close to 1/2 but 
> >> exactly 1/2 or 50 watts key down on RTTY.
> >>
> >> You may know Sandy-N5NBW--who owns the radio.
> >>
> >> BTW, the little radio is a lot of fun to operate
> and seems to be a lot of 
> >> bang for the buck--especially if we can get 100
> watts out ;-)
> >>
> >> Andy K5VM
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Gary Fiber" <g.fiber at verizon.net>
> >> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> >> Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2004 11:16 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [ICOM] 718 Receiver
> >>
> >>
> >>> What are you using for a power supply?
> >>>
> >>> I had this happen on an FM transceiver once and
> found the binding posts 
> >>> even though real finger tight were loose.  The
> transceiver was current 
> >>> starved. Tightening up with a wrench solved the
> trouble.
> >>>
> >>> Have you got a dummy load to use in place of the
> antenna. A low SWR does 
> >>> not always equate to the correct impedance.
> >>>
> >>> Its unlikely it would come from the factory so
> low on output power. 
> >>> Possible a bad final could be the problem though
> they are pretty good.
> >>>
> >>> Gary K8IZ
> >>>
> >>>>Hi All-
> >>>>
> >>>>Have a friend with a new 718 that I helped him
> set up. No matter what 
> >>>>transmit power setting we use ( including
> transmit= H ), we can't get 
> >>>>the radio to put out more than 50 watts. Have
> very low antenna SWR and 
> >>>>received S-9 SSB reports from Calif ( we live in
> Texas ). Key down in 
> >>>>RTTY shows exactly 50 wattts on radio's power
> meter.
> >>>>
> >>>>Any thoughts? Could it have a bad power
> transistor?
> >>>>
> >>>>Thanks, Andy K5VM
> >>>
> >>> Gary Fiber K8IZ
> >>> GROL PG-19-6691
> >>> Washington State Resident
> >>>
> >>>
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