[ICOM] AH-1 and 706MkIIG

[Rick Stoneking]

Thanks for the info Mike. I kinda expected that this one was to old to be
plug and play with the 706.

73 de W2RDS
Rick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael P. Olbrisch" <mike2004 at elp.rr.com>
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 6:53 PM
Subject: RE: [ICOM] AH-1 and 706MkIIG


>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Rick Stoneking
> > Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 1:21 PM
> > To: icom at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: [ICOM] AH-1 and 706MkIIG
> >
> >
> > 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.
>
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