[ICOM] IC-229H question

Ed Steeble esteeble at sc.rr.com
Thu May 13 17:27:44 EDT 2004


Mark,

You were right, I looked at the power supply and the black wire had come 
loose. I must have been getting ground via the coax shield. All the coax 
shields are tied together and grounded outside of the house.

Tnx, Ed
K3IXD

At 04:51 PM 5/13/2004, Ed Steeble wrote:

>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



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