[ICOM] 756 Pro II 6 Meter Problems

[Ted Wright]

Hi Jim
Sorry to hear that , Hope they do better than that on mine
73s Ted

Jim Frederick wrote:

>My 756Pro II went to full power when on 6 meters, slamming the ALC meter
>regardless of mode. It was actually transmitting down around 80 meters so if
>this is what yours is doing it would explain the erratic SWR readings. I did
>not discover this until it was 2 months old when I put up a 6 meter antenna.
>It went back to the factory for 7 weeks and when it was returned it worked
>when I first tested it, and then went back to the same problem the next time
>I tried 6 Meters. ICOM said it was some diodes were bad and I have heard of
>a couple others with this same problem. It is not RF feedback or a
>mismatched antenna because it does it on a shielded dummy load as well as on
>the antenna. I hope they fix yours better than they did mine. It is still in
>warranty, but I don't have any confidence that they can fix the problem and
>do not plan to return it again. I will just use my 706 MK2 G on 6 meters -
>it works swell.
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>Jim Frederick
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>jimfred at tampabay.rr.com 
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