[ICOM] AH2 and IC-735?

Gary Fiber gfiber at comcast.net
Tue Sep 15 23:37:46 EDT 2009


The AH2 controller also connects to the CI-V jack on the 735 so far 
as I remember to place the 735 into CW mode for tuning

Gary K8IZ

At 08:29 PM 9/15/2009, Al Waschka wrote:
>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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Gary Fiber K8IZ
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