[ICOM] IC-229H question

[ma.locksmith at juno.com]

I assume you mean there's no power to the set and you get no indication
of anything....

This points to a bad power supply ground connection.....  somewhere.

It looks like the power supply return is coming from the antenna cable
ground.

To test for this condition, remove the antenna connection.  Then, by
hand, connect ONLY the outside shell of the connector to the threads of
the set's SO-239.  Don't screw them together, just touch them shell to
shell.  The center conductors should be connected to nothing.

If the set powers up, then you have a broken ground.

Ed
K1ZOK

On Thu, 13 May 2004 14:52:01 -0400 Ed Steeble <esteeble at sc.rr.com>
writes:
> I have a IC-229H which quit working. Later I discovered that the rig 
> had 
> shut down due to high SWR. The antenna was bad.  With a good antenna 
> 
> attached, it works fine. Now my question is, without any antenna 
> attached 
> the rig won't turn on; but, when I attached a good antenna, it works 
> FB. Is 
> this normal?
> 
> Tnx,
> Ed
> K3IXD 
> 

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