[ICOM] Older Icom trimmer caps?

[Icom 765]

Hi Blair,

I just experienced the problem with my 765.  It is s/n 47xx and it had the 
plastic cap problem.  I first noticed a "raspy" audio on 40m.  It would come 
and go.  Very intermittent at first!  After some time it started happening 
on 80 also.  Once it progressed, the receive audio would be ok for a couple 
of minutes then get raspy and then the audio would disappear ... gone ... 
wait 5 minutes and sometime it would come back and be ok then a few minutes 
later raspy again.  On 20m I would just lose all audio.

Replacing the caps fixed the problem.

If you start thinking everyone is off frequency on 40 or 80 or both you 
might be experiencing the problem.

73, Mike


>From: Ynkedragon at aol.com
>Reply-To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
>To: icom at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [ICOM] Older Icom trimmer caps?
>Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 09:39:22 EDT
>
>In a message dated 06/02/2004 02:24:27 Eastern Daylight Time, 
>farson at shaw.ca
>writes:
>
><< Yes, the 735, 745, 751, 751A, 761 and early 765's suffered from the
>infamous
>  plastic VCO trimmer problem.  >>
>As the owner and still occasional user of a '735 with original trimmer 
>caps,
>what symptoms should I be watching for?
>
>73,  Blair k3yd
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