[ICOM] CIV port on IC7000

[Dave Shirk]

I had already done that. Hooking up a digital DVM, with nothing else  
connected to the port, I get 0.25V. Spinning the dial still reads  
0.25V. With the DVM in AC mode, I read 0 at idle (expected) but also  
0V spinning the dial.

Thanks for the feedback,

Dave - KI4KQ

On May 13, 2008, at 1:49 AM, Ekki Plicht (DF4OR) wrote:

> Hook up a simple multimeter to the CI-V connector of your radio, a  
> digital
> multimeter will do fine. Don't connect anything else to the CI-V  
> port. Now
> measure the voltage when idle, you should read something around 5V.
> Then constantly spin the tuning knob, now you should see something  
> around 2V.
> If so, the CI_V is most likely working correctly.
>
> I have never heard of a fried CI-V port which went belly up due to a  
> broken
> USB converter.
>
> 73,
> Ekki, DF4OR