[ICOM] IC-7000

[Stephen Budensiek]

Hello,
   Don't have a 7000, but I've seen this happen when the AGC was
turned off on a radio.   Do you have that option on the 7000?

73's de Stephen, K0SD

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On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:21 PM, KK2DOG in NY <kk2dog at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Is the attenuator on perhaps?
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>  Mike
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>> 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
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>> 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.
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>> Any suggestions?
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