[ICOM] IC-215 alignment inst. ???

[Dave Edwards]

By the way...I built a GLB 'channelizer myself. But I was in late high 
school...so it was around '75
Still have an unstuffed GLB board sitting where I left it...on my dad's 
workbench. Only put the IC socket pins in, then a IC-230 or 22S or something 
arrived!!!  That ended that!
...Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "D C *Mac* Macdonald" <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 1:43 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] IC-215 alignment inst. ???


> Hi, Dave.
>
> Your biggest problem will probably be determining
> which components are which from the block and
> schematic diagrams.
>
> If the cans are "full of wax" use your wife's hair
> dryer to soften the wax prior to attempting to
> adjust them.  The IF stage should not need any
> adjustment.
>
> Back in 1972, I had the crystal controlled IC-20
> and IC-21 rigs for 2m.  I built a GLB synthesizer
> that would cover 140-149.995 MHz.  I retuned
> both radios to be able to cover entire 144-148
> band plus a bit below to be able to cover Air
> Force M.A.R.S. frequencies.  I got about 3 Watts
> at 143.950 and still had about 7 or 8 Watts out
> in the majority of the 2m ham band if I remember
> correctly.
>
> I still have a 215 I bought new at Dayton back
> in 1974 or 1975.
>
> YRMV.
>
> Mac - K2GKK/5
>
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Dave Edwards" <kd2e at comcast.net>
> Reply-To: ICOM Reflector <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] IC-215 alignment inst. ???
> Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:36:10 -0400
>
> Mac.....I do have the owner's manual.  It has a simplified theory of op, 
> and a block diagram and schematic. I suppose I could just tune the RF 
> stage on xmit, and go through the IF stages on receive...but when 
> alignment instructions exist, I like to follow them.  I suppose I'll check 
> the receive with a generator, and the xmit on a wattmeter to see just how 
> off it is from 145 to 146 range. Might not be worth it, especially if 
> those little xfmr cans are full of wax!
> ...Dave
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "D C *Mac* Macdonald" 
> <k2gkk at hotmail.com>
> To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 12:19 PM
> Subject: RE: [ICOM] IC-215 alignment inst. ???
>
>
>>Do you have the owner manual?  I doubt
>>that there is any service manual for it.
>>Icom owner manuals had theory of operation
>>back in the days before no-code/know-nothing
>>licensing.  That should give you an idea as to
>>where to start.  Owner manual came with a
>>full schematic.
>>
>>Mac - K2GKK/5
>
>
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