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

[Mike Olbrisch]

Dunno - I would suggest contacting Scott Malcom and asking him.  He is great
about helping T-shoot by E-mail.  And if you can't do it yourself - he is also
really good at fixing them.

MTS - mts at toledotel.com

Mike - KD9KC.
El Paso, Tx.
DM61rt

Molon labe. [mo-lone lah-veh] Google it...

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Tom McDaris
> Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2009 3:02 PM
> To: icom at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [ICOM] IC-751A has screwy 17 mtr band
> 
> 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
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