[ICOM] IC-746PRO

[Tom]

Dick, I had a problem like you have described.
It was not a problem with IC-151. Not knowing the
vintage of your rig it's hard to say but, I sent my
radio to a fellow up in Maine- Mike Nadeau. He did a
fine job and his rate we very resonable. Turned out to
be a grounding problem with some of the boards. It's
been fine ever since (this was about a year ago).
His web site is www.n1eq.com

good luck and 73,
Tom, W3TMC

--- Richard Turensky <k9ssbgb at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm having a problem with my IC-746PRO.
> While tuning into a dummy load the power
> output fluctuates up and down.  Some times
> it goes to full output then drops down to
> about 50%.  Other time it puts out 50% and
> then jumps up to full output.  The ALC bar-
> graph also fluctuates.  It is the same on all
> bands including 2 meters.
> 
> I've tried different coax with same results.
> Also acts the same way into my R7 vertical antenna.
> 
> I emailed Icom tech support and all they said was
> the
> fluctuating ALC meter shows the ALC is working!  So
> that makes
> me leery of sending the radio in with that response.
> 
> The radio has had the ubiquitous "No Transmit"
> repair done
> by Icom after the first month I owned it.
> I tried loosening and re-tightening all the screws.
> Also tried cleaning all the ribbon cables and then
> it worked fine for a couple weeks then back to the
> same problem.  Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks, Dick K9SSB
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