[ICOM] IC-730 with AH-2?

[Mike Olbrisch]

Having owned all of the above and more - I can tell you is isn't
plug-n-play.  The IC-730 was made to work with the AH-1 tuner, not the
AH-2/3.  The 730 also required a circuit card, I believe it was called the
LDA, to be installed in order to control the AH-1.  

The AH-2 (complete with the controller) will work, but only
semi-automatically.  The AH-3 is an AH-2 without the controller.  It will
not function with the 730 without modification.

Using an AH-2, you will need to turn the radio to 10 watts, CW or AM mode,
and force it to transmit, then press the tune button on the AH-2 controller.


The AH-2 was made to work with the IC-715 which had the CI-V data
connection.  It was fully automatic.  The AH-3 worked with the IC-725, 706,
and others with the 4-pin Molex plug in the rear.

Unless someone knows better - there you have it.

Vy73 - Mike - KD9KC.
El Paso, Texas - DM61rt.
W5-SOTA Association Manager.
W5-SOTA info: www.qsl.net/kd9kc/




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Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 14:56
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Subject: [ICOM] IC-730 with AH-2?

I'm guessing this has been addressed before, but I found nothing going back
a year in the archives.

Has anyone run the AH-2 (or AH-3 ... I imagine they are similar) with an
IC-730?  If so, how did you integrate the two?