[ICOM] A major bummer!! - Also IC706MKIIG wierdness

[Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604]

Good thought!!!

73, doug

   Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:51:29 +1300
   From: ZL2AAA <zl2aaa at paradise.net.nz>

   vox on??


   >
   > My 706 is on loan, an a boat in the Caribbean, and I'm told that it's
   > cycling into transmit every 20 seconds.  The thought was the mike
   > cable, but it apparenlty happens with the mike laying undisturbed.
   >
   > Now, on a boat at sea, undisturbed is relative, I know.  But my thought
   > was that there's a problem (corrosion) in the mike connector.  Any
   > other suggestions?  Can the AH4 connection do something like this?
   >
   > I don't know if unplugging the mike takes care of it, but suspect so.
   >
   > 73, doug
   >
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