[ICOM] 746

[John Geiger]

Don't you just love fixes like that!  Glad it is working again.

73 John AF5CC

On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 1:34 PM, Lloyd Curry <lloyd.na4d at gmail.com> wrote:

> Resetting the filter in set mode took care of it. Thanks to all.
>
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2016 at 1:05 PM, Kelly Taylor <ve4xt at mymts.net> wrote:
> > Hi Gary,
> >
> > I don't dispute the Icom tech theory, but what is the usual occurrence
> when a signal path is shorted to ground? It dies, no?
> >
> > OP reported not a dead radio when the filter was selected, but zero
> change in operating parameters. No change in bandwidth, but still receiving
> as if no filter change had been enacted.
> >
> > K
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Jan 31, 2016, at 9:58 AM, Gary Fiber <gfiber at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> The techs at Icom found at times a filter was to tightly pressed into
> place. The filter case was shorting the actual in /out connections to
> ground. Pulling the filter out just a little solved the trouble. A more
> permanent repair was to insulate the bottom of the filter case. This did
> not happen on all radios but a few we saw this.
> >>
> >> I have been gone from Icom for coming onto 15 years so tech things are
> fading a bit these days.
> >>
> >> Gary P. Fiber
> >> gfiber1952 at gmail.com
> >> gfiber at comcast.net
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Jan 31, 2016, at 9:40 AM, Kelly Taylor <ve4xt at mymts.net> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Wouldn't a bad or shorted filter make the radio sound dead? I tend to
> go with the reset-turned-off-filter-settings theory.
> >>>
> >>> Kelly
> >>> ve4xt
> >>>
> >>> Sent from my iPhone
> >>>
> >>>> On Jan 30, 2016, at 3:24 PM, Gary Fiber <gfiber at comcast.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> You might also just gently pull up on the filter. I have seen the
> filter case short to the mounting holes. Sometimes placing some electrical
> tape on the filter bottom will prevent it from happening. Could also be a
> filter that has gone bad.
> >>>>
> >>>> Gary P. Fiber K8IZ
> >>>> gfiber1952 at gmail.com
> >>>> gfiber at comcast.net
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Jan 30, 2016, at 2:10 PM, Lloyd Curry <lloyd.na4d at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I have an original Icom 746 (non-pro) with the 500 hz cw filter. The
> >>>>> filter has stopped working. When I push in the filter button the
> "nar"
> >>>>> appears on the screen but there is no change in the audio or
> bandwith.
> >>>>> Any ideas?
> >>>>>
> >>>>> --
> >>>>> Lloyd C. Curry
> >>>>> Amateur Radio NA4D
> >>>>> Greensburg, KY
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I'm so nice I wish I had a friend just like me.
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>
> --
> Lloyd C. Curry
> Amateur Radio NA4D
> Greensburg, KY
>
> I'm so nice I wish I had a friend just like me.
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