[ICOM] SSB power out on 706

[AD5VJ Bob]

I heard about this recently on one of the other Icom reflectors but I think it was regarding a different model number.

The gud news is they had a fix.

I just cant remember what it was. 

Something in the manual and something about aligning or adjusting it to specs.

  73 fer nw,
Bob AD5VJ(AAR6VM)
http://www.ad5vj.com/

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of John Geiger
> Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 11:45 PM
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: [ICOM] SSB power out on 706
> 
> I was testing out an Icom 706MKII I got recently, and the 
> power out on SSB looks low.  It is putting out about 90 watts 
> on RTTY and FM, but when I go to SSB, using a PEP wattmeter 
> (requiring 12 volts) it is only reading about 40 watts.  Is 
> that normal for SSB, or is it running low?  I know that power 
> out will look low on a regular watt meter on SSB, which is 
> why I was using the PEP wattmeter.  
> 
> If the power is low on SSB only, any ideas as to what could 
> be wrong?  I had the compressor on, and the mic gain was set 
> on 7.  I was doing the testing into a dummy load, so there is 
> no problem with SWR.
> 
> 73s John W5TD
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