[ICOM] IC-7000

[KK2DOG in NY]

I forgot to mention...my 706MKIIG was like that right out of the box as well.Turns out that the squelch knob in the default mode is actually a RF gain knob,which attenuated the signal. I had to get into the menu and change it from RF gain to Squelch.Maybe it's the same thing with the 7000?




  Mike
  KK2DOG
  Owner/Admin 
  www.hamwave.com




> From: kk2dog at hotmail.com
> To: icom at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 23:21:25 -0400
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] IC-7000
> 
> 
> Is the attenuator on perhaps?
> 
> 
>   Mike
>   KK2DOG
>   Owner/Admin 
>   www.hamwave.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
> > Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 22:16:35 -0400
> > From: kb8rtz at oh.rr.com
> > To: icom at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: [ICOM] IC-7000
> > 
> > Has anyone had a suppressed receive issue with the Icom IC-7000 rig? 
> > Right out of the box mine seemed to have suppressed receive on both HF 
> > and VHF/UHF. I was listening around 14300KHz this evening and there was 
> > what sounded like a station just spattering 20m like crazy. Couldn't 
> > pinpoint the signal anywhere near 14303KHz, where the signal seemed to 
> > be centered. Finally found the culprit at 14356.7KHz. The IC-7000 was 
> > connected directly to the antenna so there were no issues with losses 
> > from multiple connections.
> > 
> > Decided to connect the antenna back to the MFJ-949e antenna tuner and 
> > listen on the IC-718. The result was a perfectly received signal on the 
> > IC-718 with a strength of S9. On the IC-7000 there was no S-meter signal 
> > strength with the antenna tuner in by-pass or directly connected to the 
> > antenna.
> > 
> > Any suggestions?
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