[ICOM] 2 meter receive out on Icom 706

[James Edwards]

what diode what that be  d??
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Pearce KN4AQ" <kn4aq at arrl.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] 2 meter receive out on Icom 706


>
> Hi, John,
>
> A common problem among the original 706's was that high-power 
> transmissions on six-meters, with the six-meter antenna just a few feet 
> away from the two-meter antenna (on a car), would fry the front-end 
> protection diode on the two-meter receiver.  The result was exactly as you 
> describe - almost deaf on two-meter receive, but good transmit (and HF/Six 
> working fine).
>
> Alas, I can't find any references (and remedies) on the web right now. 
> Maybe somebody on the list can add more info.
>
> 73,
> Gary KN4AQ
>
> At 03:25 AM 2/4/2007, John Geiger wrote:
>>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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