[ICOM] 746 on 60 meters

[JerryM]

Not being at all familiar with the 746 (I guess you mean 746, not Pro or Pro
II which I am told have 5.5 band-pass filters?), if you can open it up for
all band coverage, then give it a shot!. The worst that can happen if the
746 and the PRO's are similar, assuming you are starting with lowest
possible out put power into a dummy load is that there is no output on 60.
If the bandpass filter is affecting output you will see reduced power output
as you increase RF output. Max power on 60M is 50 watts ERP. Most guys
running 160 off center fed's or 80M dipoles run about 30 watts out to stay
well below the restricted ERP level.  You could also watch for heat build-up
in the BPF section of the rig? 706IIG is great on 60M but pulling that
little bitty inky dinky diode the size of a leg-less flea is hard for a guy
that wear bi-focals like I do!

Jerry WC8R


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Miller" <JimMiller at STL-Online.Net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 9:19 PM
Subject: [ICOM] 746 on 60 meters


> Let me expand this question to the original 746.  Would it also work on
60?
> I had earlier heard that the 706MK2 would but that the 746 would not.
> Wanting to verify for the 746.
>
> Tnx es 73, de Jim KG0KP
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "JerryM" <jmangas at fast.net>
> To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 5:56 PM
> Subject: [ICOM] IC-735 on 60 meters
>
>
> > Trying again:
> >
> > A question was posed in the July 2003 Archives re putting the 735 on 60
> mtrs
> > and could it be done?
> >
> > The short answer is YES!. Simply do the out of band diodes cut and away
> you
> > go, remembering on 60M the 50 watt ERP max limit and the channelization
> and
> > USB only requirement. There are no difficulties with band pass problems
as
> > suggested by one responder. This rig performs perfectly on 60M. (as does
> the
> > 706IIG). 60 meters is a perfect, semi-quiet round-robin rag-chew or
mobile
> > frequency that covers like
> > 40 in the daytime and 75 at nite, and would be great for emergency ops
if
> > that
> > need ever comes about.
> >
> > Jerry WC8R/3
> >
> >
> >
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