[ICOM] 2 meter receive out on Icom 706

[Jim M.]

Check this out

http://www.qsl.net/vk4cp/IC-706_mods.htm#Deaf

Jim Miller
N4BE


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob John" <rajohngm at worldnet.att.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>; <ic706 at yahoogroups.com>; 
<icomic706mkiiG at yahoogroups.com>; <ic-706mkiig at yahoogroups.com>; 
<vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] 2 meter receive out on Icom 706


> This is because the 706 has an extremely poor receiver for 2 meters with 
> low sensitivity and high intermod and is totally deaf off the amateur 
> bands . The 706 was pretty much useless when it first hit the market.
> Bob, AA8X
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John Geiger" <johngeig at yahoo.com>
> To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>; <ic706 at yahoogroups.com>; 
> <icomic706mkiiG at yahoogroups.com>; <ic-706mkiig at yahoogroups.com>; 
> <vhf at w6yx.stanford.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 12:25 AM
> Subject: [ICOM] 2 meter receive out on Icom 706
>
>
>>I picked up an Icom 706 original off of ebay last
>> week, and the HF and 6m side is working great.
>> However, the receive is extremely low on 2 meters.  It
>> is putting out the full 10 watts, but I can just
>> barely hear a couple of the local repeaters, and tried
>> a SSB QSO with a friend across town and couldn't hear
>> him.  Did a full reset and the problem remains.  The
>> antenna and coax is fine as I am getting the local
>> repeaters full scale on my Yaesu FT8900.
>>
>> Has anyone else had this problem?  Any ideas as to
>> what might be wrong with it?
>>
>> 73s John W5TD
>>
>>
>>
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