[ICOM] IC-746 Tuner Problem

[john]

Mine was acting poorly also. I sent it to the local iCOM guy and he
replaced the tuning motors. now it works like new,

I was surprised to learn that it has TWO tuning motors in it. 
 
John
N7JL

On Fri, 2011-08-12 at 16:13 -0500, D C *Mac* Macdonald wrote:
> The tuner in my 746 has quit functioning in the
> range that begins at 3.9000 MHz. It suspect it
> has something to do with the switching that is
> controlled by the CPU because I can set the
> frequency just a bit below 3.9 and use XIT
> to actually transmit above 3.9 and it works.
>  
> I believe the rig may also have the same trouble
> starting at 7.300 MHz, but that doesn't cause
> any trouble.
>  
> Does anybody have any ideas about this? I have
> done a master reset several times with no change
> in symptoms.
> 
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