[ICOM] IC-745 10 & 12 meter Distortion issue

[Pete Barnes]

the 745 loves to work and HATES IN ACTIvity give it a shot of an illegal
substance called carbontet NASTY only after you clean and recondition EVERY
GROUND contact (I
silver solder 'em.

Pete
PS do not Tweek until you clean everything ....

On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 1:32 PM, David Wood <w4ej at myglnc.com> wrote:

> I meant to say the VCO trimmer cap.  Make sure you replace it with a
> ceramic
> type.  Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On
> Behalf Of Milton Taylor
> Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:38 PM
> To: icom at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [ICOM] IC-745 10 & 12 meter Distortion issue
>
> Greetings!
>
> Found out the 'hard way' about this issue...couldn't do the 10 Meter
> contest this weekend!  Have had this 745 about 3 yrs, never really used it
> beyond 20m.  From cold start RX audio becomes TOTALLY unreadable after on
> about 5 min.  Sounds like RF on audio across band!  12 meters same, but no
> other bands.
>
> Saw a post on eHam site from 2001 that describes exact same 'illness', but
> never found any replies.  I sure hope I didn't end-up with THAT guys 745.
> Got mine on eBay from the usual "estate sale" kinda seller.  No real info
> beyond data sheet re-print and general info.
>
> So, anybody hear of this one?  are we talking trimmer caps again?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Milt Taylor
> WA3MDS
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