[ICOM] IC-706 MKII Issue

[Thomas Smith]

I'd advise you to run this thru Scott Malcom KA7MEF at
http://www.angelfire.com/biz2/mts/ before you spend any money ... he may
have some good ideas for you.



On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 1:11 PM, Bubba <n3lka at verizon.net> wrote:

> Found the issue, and it is related to shorted HF finals. Boy, when these
> things go, they really go. I would like to know how they wound up that way,
> this was a "Tech Special" from flea bay. Good news is the finals are
> available still, bad news is, they're $36 each.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
>
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 09 Mar 2011 22:24:33 -0500
> From: "Brian M" <n3lka at verizon.net>
> Subject: [ICOM] IC-706MKII Blown Cap
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> Hello to everyone on the reflector. I just came across a 706mkii that's not
> powering up. I opened it up and looked at the PA section, C82 and Q1 are
> blown. My question is do you suspect a reverse polarity, bad finals, or a
> just a plain cap failure. I'm hoping it's not a final issue which I still
> need to desolder and test.
>
>
>
> Just curious if anyone ever had the same failure.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> Brian
>
>
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