[ICOM] Oh NO!!!!

[John G.]

Instead of burying it, just send it to me!

John AF5CC

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Sands" <ken.sands at cavtel.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Oh NO!!!!


> Great!
> I just got a used 756Pro-2 and PS-125, and now it's gonna die from ESD??
> What is the wisdom here, leave it unplugged from all antennas, ground and
> power and keep it buried in a plastic ESD box in the basement away from
> anything remotely electronic, or carpeting or....?????  Help!!!
>
> Ken K8TFD
>
> On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Joe Perge <jmperge at roadrunner.com> wrote:
>
>> Icom makes some of the best receivers but their protection for finals,
>> drivers, predrivers is not very hearty. I also have an early version 
>> 746pro
>> and it had to be fixed for the same problem. There has been a debate as 
>> to
>> whether ESD causes the problems. Icom says it is. Mine died after a cold
>> start-up after not being connected to power and antennas. I wish they 
>> were
>> built like the 751A.
>> Joe, WB8HWF
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Mike Olbrisch
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 12:21 PM
>> To: 'ICOM Reflector'
>> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Oh NO!!!!
>>
>> Really?  I wonder if this is what got my IC-703+ ???
>>
>> One evening it was working fine when I shut it off.  The next morning, 
>> the
>> tuner would not function.  Testing proved it has from 1 to 2.5 watts out 
>> on
>> various bands.  One of the two final transistors had failed.
>>
>> Vy73 - Mike - KD9KC.
>> El Paso, Texas - DM61rt.
>> W5-SOTA Association Manager.
>> W5-SOTA info: www.qsl.net/kd9kc/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Joe Perge
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 10:14
>> To: 'ICOM Reflector'
>> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Oh NO!!!!
>>
>> This has happened to my 703+, twice! It's time to try an Elecraft for the
>> first time!
>> Joe, WB8HWF
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> On
>> Behalf Of Stephen Budensiek
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 12:08 PM
>> To: ICOM Reflector
>> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Oh NO!!!!
>>
>> Phil,
>>   I can't answer for the newer rigs.  But it is there in all flavors of 
>> the
>> 756, ie the original 756, the Pro, the Pro2, and the Pro3.
>> Someone commented it was also present in the 746 (I've never owned one).
>> Also can't tell you about the newer rigs.  I find it interesting as a
>> engineering tech that it avoids the finals (should be first thing in the
>> chain from the antenna port on the tx side, and goes to the drivers). 
>> Not
>> sure how that is done.
>>
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