[ICOM] IC-745 & IC-EX242 FM board

[Reid Bishop]

I finally found the issue with my IC-EXE242 FM Board.  Turns out that the
two conductor cable that goes to the IF unit was soldered into the FM board
with reversed polarity.  Evidently the factory didn't have pristine quality
control.

All is well now!


-----Original Message-----
From: Reid Bishop [mailto:rbish at attglobal.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 10:17 AM
To: 'ICOM Reflector'
Subject: RE: [ICOM] IC-745 & IC-EX242 FM board


Gary,

I'm certain all cables were plugged in properly, with no bent pins.  I do
know that I needed to refer to the IC-745 owners manual for installation
instructions, as the instructions provided with the IC-EX242 were not quite
correct and seemed to be oriented towards the IC-740.  It would be hard to
mess up this install- I guess I can check one more time.  It would be nice
to find somebody local with an IC-745 that we could try this board in.

Thanks for the input!

-Reid-  KC0TAR


-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Gary Fiber
Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 7:42 PM
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: Re: [ICOM] IC-745 & IC-EX242 FM board


There are some 7 cables that need to be moved and plugged in when 
installing the FM unit. You sure you had them all according to the owners 
manual ?
If so and no bent pins, cables not fully plugged in etc. I don't know off 
hand what the trouble would be. Sure sounds like a simple cable trouble 
though to me.
I am sure i crossed this trouble but it has been to many years ago now.

Gary K8IZ

I recently plugged a never-used IC-EX242 FM board into my IC-745.  Seems to
>work great, but I did end up with one issue.  When this board is
>plugged in, the 745 refused to output any power whatsoever in SSB, 
>RTTY, or CW mode. All the relays click, the TX lamp lights up, but 
>absolutely zero output.  TX on FM works fine.

Gary Fiber K8IZ
GROL PG-19-6691
Washington State Resident


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