[ICOM] Ailing IC-745 - any thoughts?

[Bruce]

The VCO trimmer caps in the 4 VCO's were the main problem with that 
(and other) rigs of that vintage..the trimmers need to be replaced 
with ceramic types and not the plastic types
that came from the factory..
If your careful and have good solder/desoldering equipment it should 
be ok for you to do if you have some experience.
73's
Bruce
www.sultantronics.com

At 07:30 AM 6/12/2007, you wrote:
>I want to thank the many folks who were kind enough to make 
>recommendations on where to ship my 745, should I elect to do so. 
>Thanks to everyone! It was very, very helpful.
>
>I have taken an initial look at the shop manual, and have thought 
>about repairing this on my own, but for right now, I am puzzled.
>
>On 160, 80 and 40 meters, it works perfectly. But on any bands above 
>that, and you key the mic, you get full output (just as if you hit 
>the key) on some really oddball frequencies. Further, this full 
>output occurs regardless of where the RF level pot is set. Plus, the 
>tuning control makes no difference at all. For example, on 14 MHz, 
>the output is fixed at around 24 MHz. You can spin the knob, but the 
>frequency on my counter does not change.
>
>This rig has several VCOs, as I recall ... but I am beginning to 
>think there is a logic problem.
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Richard
>WB5NEN
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