[ICOM] 718 Receiver

[Gary Fiber]

Andy,

Yes I remember Sandy. I got to meet him once when Tucker Electronics was 
into amateur radio sales at the Icom Day there. Must be about 10 years ago 
now, and of course chatted with him on the phone many times over the years.

How you making out with the 718? Have you tried another power supply? How 
about with the dummy load any luck there?

I too own an IC-718. I bought it at the Seaside Hamfest this past summer.

Gary K8IZ


At 09:49 AM 12/5/2004, you wrote:
>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 impedance 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

Gary Fiber K8IZ
GROL PG-19-6691
Washington State Resident