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

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

Thanks all, apparently VOX was the problem.

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, on 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
      >