[ICOM] Older Icom trimmer caps?

[Eric Wilson]

Are the trimmer caps easy to replace and do you have a source for them?

Icom 765 wrote:

> 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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