[ICOM] IC 765 Tuner Issue

[Nathan Moreschi]

Thanks Dave -

I gave that a shot, but no luck. I'm beginning to think a chip has gone bad. 
The tuner green light comes on when the tuner is on, but the red tune light 
will never engage.

Any thoughts?

Nate/N4YDU
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave K6DLW" <k6dlw at charter.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:51 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] IC 765 Tuner Issue


>I recommend gaining access to the tuner and unjamming it manually.
> Dave K6DLW
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nathan Moreschi" <n4ydu at yahoo.com>
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 6:09 PM
> Subject: [ICOM] IC 765 Tuner Issue
>
>
>>I believe a servo motor in my IC 765 is jammed. I read a procedure in 
>>which
>>a voltage of 15 volts can be applied to the motor to un-jam it. Does 
>>anyone
>>have experience with this?
>>
>> The procedure mentioned seemed to be lacking details. It said to remove
>> jumper J6 from the tuner board and apply 15 volts to the motor. Do I 
>> apply
>> it directly to the motor or are the leads to the motor on the jumper?
>>
>>
>> Is there another alternative?
>>
>>
>> 73,
>>
>> Nate/N4YDU
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