[ICOM] IC-7000

[Bill & Coralie]

Check the pass band tuning And the NB...

Bill VK2ZCV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Schwarz - KB8RTZ" <kb8rtz at oh.rr.com>
To: <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 21, 2011 12:16 PM
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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