[ICOM] Warning about W1GEE interface cables

[Floyd Sense]

Hi Gary.  Yes, indeed I might have a problem in the 781 - that was the whole
point of the exercise with the new cable.  That's why I use the 765 as a
control - it has a known good interface and was hiding in another room
completely unconnected when the stroke occurred.  The circuit that includes
the two transistors you mentioned is the same in the 781 as the 765.  Thank
goodness those always short, preventing the surge from doing permanent
damage to the logic board.  It's a pretty simple repair, although getting
the logic board out of the 765 to get to the transistors was no fun.

I just ordered an Icom cable from K1NU who says he knows his cables work
properly with the 781 and 765.  Which gets back to the main point of my
original post: W1GEE is selling interface cables WHICH HE KNOWS WILL NOT
WORK with the 781 even though his literature says otherwise.  When I get
caught up on the other repair work here, maybe I'll dig into it and see why
it doesn't work.  I don't recall seeing anything in the 781 service manual
about the CIV signal level required to drive the 781 properly - perhaps you
know the answer to that?

K8AC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Fiber" <g.fiber at verizon.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:44 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Warning about W1GEE interface cables


> Floyd,
>
> Another brought to light you might also have rig problems. I know you have
> tried 2 Icom's but do you or a local friend have another Icom rig to try
> with your new interface cable, software, and computer?
> There are only a couple of transistors that interface to the CPU and I
have
> seen those transistors open with lightning.
>
> I once went round and round with a customer for some 3 years over a CT-17.
> He would play with it, it would not work for him so he would put it on the
> shelf, this was repeated a few times so the time ran out so long.
> Over some 2 years I checked his CT-17, software and even rig all worked
for
> me but not him. Out of the blue he called me after about a year and asked
> me if I remembered his troubles. I said yes and he said he cured the
> problem. Well I figured he bought a Yaesu or Kenwood as the cure....he
> tried a different serial cable and it worked. Now you have to know we also
> discussed that and he did say he tried more than one. Search me as to what
> was wrong but he was happy and the CI-V now worked for him.
>
> Gary K8IZ
>
> Gary Fiber K8IZ
> GROL PG-19-6691
> Washington State Resident
>