[ICOM] Icom 751

[John Geiger]

Could it be that the plastic trimmer caps are going bad? I think it might
cause that kind of receive distortion.

73s John AA5JG

On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Diane & Edward Swynar <deswynar at xplornet.ca
> wrote:

> Hi Guys,
>
> Here's one that has me scratching my head some...
>
> A friend of mine loaned me his "...just plain ol' Icom 751" while he has a
> look at my ailing 751A. The rig works extremely well on 10-meters CW & SSB,
> but when I tried it on 20-meters CW all of the signals have an "auroral"
> effect on them, if you know what I mean. Even the 100-KHz crystal
> calibtrator sounds sorta "gurgly"---but again, only on 20-meters. Ten is
> A-OK.
>
> Anyone have any idea what the issue might be, & why it's so
> "band-specific"...?
>
> Thanks in advance &
>
> ~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
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