[ICOM] IC-229H question

[Ed Steeble]

No, at home. No ground on it but the HF rig and voice keyer are grounded. 
Guess I should hook it up to the ground.

At 03:23 PM 5/13/2004, you wrote:
>Ed ... is the rig used in a mobile installation?  Sounds like it's getting
>its ground via coax shield ... Mark, AA6DX
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ed Steeble" <esteeble at sc.rr.com>
>To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
>Cc: <esteeble at sc.rr.com>
>Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 11:52 AM
>Subject: [ICOM] IC-229H question
>
>
> > 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