[ICOM] ICOM 746 PRO

[john]

Chuck,

The power on my 746 cuts back very aggressively with very little swr. I
added a transmatch for 2m and my power came right up to 100w.

Remember the Icom is rated for full power, 100% duty cycle, brick on the
key operation. (although I wouldn't try it for very long) I think the
only way they can do that is by making sure that the radio sees a very
low swr when there is full power.

Well thats my 2 cents worth, 

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John
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On Sun, 2008-01-06 at 08:19 -0800, n6eq at juno.com wrote:
> Hello,
> I just bought a new Icom 746 Pro... The problem I'm having is with a
> 1.3.1 swr the output on 2 meters is only 65 watts. Is this normal for the
> swr fold back to reduce rf output by 35% ? Tnx in advance.
> 
> 7 3 de N6EQ
> Chuck
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