[ICOM] IC-706MkIIG & N2VZ Turbo Tuner

[Michael G. Carper]

Well, at the risk of having K0BG say, "I told you so!"...

I found the issue - after going back to the uber source of definitive mobile
operating guidance - www.k0bg.com.  The issue was that I had not installed
an RF choke on the coax at the base of the antenna.  As such, RF was coming
into the truck on the coax... into the tuner... and causing the problem.

I installed five 3-inch turns of the RG8X and stuck an RF choke on it and
the problem has vanished.  Moreover, the audio that I'm pumping from the rig
into the car stereo is now crystal clear with no interference.  And I swear
that the RF noise level is down and the signals I hear are clearer.

Lesson learned - DON'T SKIP THE FUNDAMENTALS.  Read the K0BG website and
it's all there... just like water... I'm the horse... now I'm drinking more.

Mike, WA9PIE

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Bill NY9H
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:06 AM
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: Re: [ICOM] IC-706MkIIG & N2VZ Turbo Tuner

i even choked the antenna line once it entered the back hatch area....
don't want no xtrra rf,,,,

gud luk

HEY MIKE I JUST BOUGHT A PROPERTY AT 15329.........  WE'RE NEIGHBORS
... WELL close,,,,   just off 18 south of washington,,,,,,

i'll be driving my mobile down around oct 12   ...

bill


At 06:27 AM 8/27/2009, you wrote:
>Yeah, I've still got my ATAS-100... I've been inclined to put it back on.
>
>Yes, I'm running it remote (www.wa9pie.net/hamradio).  I tried a choke on
>the tuner control cable and that didn't do anything.  I hadn't tried a
choke
>on the remote cable.  Overall, using chokes for most of this stuff probably
>isn't a bad thing.  I'll try that and report back later.
>
>Mike, WA9PIE
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
>Behalf Of Bill NY9H
>Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 1:48 AM
>To: ICOM Reflector
>Subject: Re: [ICOM] IC-706MkIIG & N2VZ Turbo Tuner
>
>sound like rf got into your remote cable .,,,,  you are running the
>set remote????
>
>i have chokes on my control cables for the 706,,,,  and the antenna
>conterol & rf lines...
>
>otherwise it sure beat the old atas I had.....
>
>bill
>
>At 11:13 PM 8/26/2009, you wrote:
> >Has anyone seen this problem?
> >
> >
> >
> >My gear - IC-706MkIIG, N2VZ Turbo Tuner, Tarheel Model 100.
> >
> >
> >
> >I've been using this gear for a while.  However, recently. when I key up
> >with the N2VZ Turbo Tuner plugged into the Tuner Control Socket, the rig
> >toggles out of USB mode and into CW mode while I'm talking (obviously,
> >disrupting the transmitted audio).
> >
> >
> >
> >If I simply unplug the cable from the Tuner Control Socket, everything
>works
> >fine.  It hasn't always been this way.
> >
> >
> >
> >Any ideas?
> >
> >
> >
> >Mike, WA9PIE
> >
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