[ICOM] AH2 and IC-735?

[Al Waschka]

The AH-2 is two components, the actual tuner which is a grey plastic box about 15x12x3 and a controller that is about 1.5x3x6.  The controller has keyhole screw holes that slip over the 735 top cover side screws.  The controller needs independent 12V power, and connects to the 735 with an acc cable and a coax.  The controller connects to the tuner with a 4-wire cable and a coax.  The 4-wire cable plugs into the molex connector on the controller and attaches to screws inside the tuner.  It is a fantastic longwire tuner.  I used mine for years with a 90' wire on all bands and couldn't get the motivation to put up a beam it worked so well.  I tried it mobile and was very disappointed.  To be fair, I wasn't using the Icom whip which has a large diameter base section, just an 8' ss whip.  It was about the same as Hustlers on 20m and up but on 40 and down it was way worse than hustlers.
 
I use the combo now on a sailboat to tune the backstay, about 50' of ss wire and it also works well on all bands.
 
Good luck with it.  If you didn't get the controller, all is not lost, just look around until you find one.  The outside unit has a bad habit of filling up with condensation if not mounted right and dies.  you may be able to get a controller from such a situation.
 
73,
 
Al K5TAN

--- On Tue, 9/15/09, Tad Danley <tdanley at suddenlink.net> wrote:


From: Tad Danley <tdanley at suddenlink.net>
Subject: [ICOM] AH2 and IC-735?
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 8:41 PM


My buddy W3TD found his old (and in mint condition!) IC-735 today!  Is 
it compatible with the AH2 auto tuner/antenna via one of the ACC 
connectors?  Is there another combo that would work better - ICOM or 
other mfg?

Thanks and 73,

-- 
Tad Danley, K3TD
EM10dq


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