[ICOM] Older Icom trimmer caps?

[D C Macdonald]

Or simply a total failure to operate on some frequency ranges.

Been there, done that (IC-735).

Mac, K2GKK/5



----Original Message Follows----
From: GGLL <nagato at arnet.com.ar>
Reply-To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Older Icom trimmer caps?
Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 23:19:19 -0300

Ynkedragon at aol.com escribió:

>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
>
>
>
Garbled sound, either while receiving or transmitting, frequency 
instability, PLL unlocks.

Best regards
Guillermo - LU8EYW.