[ICOM] 746 Orig on 60 meters

[Jim Miller]

I have the mod BUT I seem to remember someone told me a while back that the
706 would work fine but the 746 filters would cut it pretty bad.  I do not
want to damage the radio.  Question is if it "hurts" or strains the radio to
operate in that manner.

Thanks for your response,
73, Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary P. Fiber" <gfiber at clearwire.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] 746 Orig on 60 meters


> You will have to do the " MARS " modification to open the transmitter. As
with
> most of Icom's older products, they were not designed to transmit on 60
> meters.You could find the transmit low pass filters impede that a bit at
60
> meters. Generally once opened the transmiter's will function from 1.8
> to 30 MHz
> with some possible power dips at the end of the low pass filter ranges.
>
> > Does anyone know if the original 746 can be modified to function on
> > 60 meters?
> > Are there filter or anything that will hamper or prevent operation
there?
> > Thanks es 73, de Jim KG0KP
>
> Gary P. Fiber K8IZ
> GROL PG-19-6691
> Washington State Resident
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