[ICOM] Icom 751

[mikea]

On Fri, Apr 08, 2011 at 01:39:27PM -0400, Diane & Edward Swynar 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 &

Band trimmer caps are leaking, perhaps? My old 751 did the same thing,
and I remember reading that trimmer caps somewhere in the critter were
the problem.

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Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin