[ICOM] Oh NO!!!!

[Ken Sands]

Hi John!
Yeah, just send me $1800,....no problemo!!

Ken K8TFD

On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 2:51 PM, John G. <af5cc at fidmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> >>
> > ----
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