[ICOM] IC-751A has screwy 17 mtr band

[Tom McDaris]

I just picked this real nice looking 751A up at a swap and it works just fine EXCEPT 17mtrs.  I suspect a trimmer cap but 15 mtrs is fine and so are all the other bands.  When you try to use 17, the display always goes to around 18.047.  Then when you turn the VFO knob it jumps way up to 18.650 all at once and stays there. At that point one of the segments on the numeral 6 goes out.  That happens at no other time.  If you turn it back the other way it jumps down to 17.9xx and stays there.  It will not transmit on 17 at all.  I don't know of any mods that were done and the rig works fine everywhere else.  Any ideas would be appreciated.  73  Tom