Fw: [ICOM] IC706MK2g gets hot on xmit and audio distorts

[Jim Miller]

Sorry about leaving out some of the details.  The heat sink they were
referring to was for a processor chip in a PC.   One of the larger ones.
There were pictures and everything of the installation he had done.

73, Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Miller" <JimMiller at STL-OnLine.Net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] IC706MK2g gets hot on xmit and audio distorts


> I saw something on this some time back, don't remember where.  The
solution
> ("common problem") was to get a heat sink and stick it to the area at the
> back and on top of the radio where the drivers are and it will act as a
heat
> sink having a great change in the temperature of the radio for long
transmit
> periods.
>
> That's about all I remember, find a heatsink and stick it on.
>
> I even think I bought a couple but never did install them.  I don't do
long
> periods on my 706 anyway.
>
> 73, Jim
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Howard W3CQH" <hsgorden at comcast.net>
> To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 1:02 PM
> Subject: [ICOM] IC706MK2g gets hot on xmit and audio distorts
>
>
> > Somewhere along the line, I remember seeing something about the 706MK2g
> > getting HOT while transmitting and also the transmit audio going
> > distorted...
> > Anybody have any information on this??
> > Short of sending the unit to ICOM???
> >
> > 73's
> >
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