[ICOM] 781 "raspy"sound

[Jaime Gomez]

Hi Ron, thank you for your suggestion, of course recapping the Reg board is
among my tasks, but as I saw that Icom recommends to replace L11 with an
LW-16 I would like to do it because it does not look good, seems it has
received a lot of heat.



On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 10:30 AM, <bonddaleena at aol.com> wrote:

> Jim, considering the age of your radio, you should be thinking about
> replacing the caps. Although not out of the question, I would suspect a cap
> failure MUCH more than an inductor.....
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> ron
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jaime Gomez <cwdx.hk1n at gmail.com>
> To: ICOM Reflector <Icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thu, Dec 26, 2013 9:05 am
> Subject: [ICOM] 781 "raspy"sound
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> My old 781 is starting to sound "raspy" in both Tx and Rx, specially in 15
> and 10 meters.
> I have found a recommendation to replace L11 and some other components in
> the reg board.
> L11 is an LW-15 type choke, I cannot find any other description regarding
> inductance value.
> Anybody knows where I can get the specs or buy a type LW-16 type to impreve
> reliability?
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> Thank you, appreciate any help, happy new year
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> 73,
> Jim, HK1N
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73,
Jim, HK1N

President DXARC - DX Colombia Amateur Radio Club
*Malpe**lo Isl. HK0TU 1990 & H**K0NA 2012 Team Member/ hk0na.com
<http://hk0na.com/> *
Araucaria DX Group