[ICOM] AH-1 and 706MkIIG

[Michael P. Olbrisch]

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> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Rick Stoneking
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 1:21 PM
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> Subject: [ICOM] AH-1 and 706MkIIG
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> I picked up an AH-1 tuner at a hamfest a couple of weeks ago
> and I was wondering if anyone knows if this unit will work
> with the 706MK2G.

NO.

Having said that, ANYTHING is possible if you work at it hard enough.

The AH-1 was designed to work with the IC-730.  And even then, it required
an additional circuit card installed in the IC-730.

NOTE:  The AH-1 is not an automatic tuner.  IIRC, you need to solder a tap
on the coil AND tune some manual tuned caps for each band.  The lower freqs
were QUITE (not QUIET) narrow, but since I was living in Europe, so were the
bands when I had mine.

Once tuned. it would be OK for that band or part of the band, but nothing
else.  Still, I worked the USA on 10-15-20 while riding around.

Mike.  KD9KC
El Paso, TX.