[ICOM] IC-730 Troubleshooting Help

[Rick Weaver]

Pete,
I have an IC 730 and the switch went bad.  Wouldn't power up.  Sent to MTS 
and he used a computer type switch to repair it.  Works good as new.  It 
could be the problem.
Regards,
Rick K8RLW
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From: "RadiosRUs" <radioguy90 at hotmail.com>
To: "icom" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 5:52 PM
Subject: [ICOM] IC-730 Troubleshooting Help







Mystery problem.

The other day while transmitting on 40M mobile SSB my trusty IC-730 went 
completely dead. The power cord has two in-line fuses but both are good. I 
have a circuit breaker right at the battery-- that too is good. I 
disassembled the radio and found an internal fuse located in an inline fuse 
holder right behind the power amp sub-chassis. That too was good. The IC-730 
just does not power on. I thought perhaps I had smoked the finals as it was 
raining when I was transmitting and would at least come on in receive. 
Voltage to the plug shows normal.

Any suggestions? I thought too perhaps the On/Off switch simply went 
south -- I tried holding it in --suspect the switch is actually engaging a 
relay and probably is OK. Is this a common problem?

Thanks in advance for any help.

73's
Pete W6JFR

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