[ICOM] ICOM 756PRO2

[John Geiger]

Hi Phil,
That is good information to have.  As one who was strongly thinking about
building their "final" station around a PRO3 or maybe a PRO2, I might be
rethinking that decision. What did you end up using as the main rig instead?

73 John AF5CC

On Mon, Feb 27, 2017 at 5:00 PM, Phil Krichbaum <vailphil at sopris.net> wrote:

> Steve,
>
>     I can relate to this! I'd had a 756PROII that got wiped out when a
> spike came in the neutral side of the power line during lightening season
> and and wiped out a hard drive, TV set, answering machine, water well relay
> etc. It was on the Icom power supply I still use today on my 756PROIII some
> 8 years later! There was nothing wrong with the Icom PS that came with the
> rig. When the 756PROII got wiped out it was not connected to an antenna but
> was connected to said Icom PS that was plugged in the AC mains.
>
>     I ordered a 756PROIII but didn't put it in service right away after it
> arrived. A month or so later on a clear cold winter night I finally got it
> out of the box and hooked it up. In the next hour I had a couple of CW QSOs
> at 5w and  and one a 100w and all of a sudden there was no power out! The
> winter night sky was clear and there was no wind or blowing snow. Icom
> would not honor the warranty at first saying "I'd operated it out of
> warranty conditions" and finally agreed to fix it. From that day forward
> I'd make sure the PROIII PS was disconnected from the AC mains anytime I
> left the house and no antenna was connected to it to the PROIII. It seems
> to me these rigs are poorly designed for front end protection and they do
> not do well in a multi transmitter contest situation even if the other rigs
> are at 100w!. The repair involved replacing some FETS in the tuner. The
> PROIII is no longer my main HF rig and I use another rig that is able to
> handle a multiop multi rig contest situation.
>
>     Phil N0KE
>
>
> On 2/27/2017 12:57 PM, Steve via Icom wrote:
>
>>     About 4 months ago, I bought an ICOM 756Pro2 that looked in great
>> condition.  Since purchasing this radio I have mainly used it for  dialing
>> up the freqs & just listening on all the bands - no transmitting.
>>  Recently I decided to check out the transmitter - hooked up the MFJ 969
>> Tuner to check out the tranny & antenna ..  dialed up the HF freqs - hit
>> the Mic to transmit -- The 756Pro2 screen shows a real nice spike during
>> transmission - the red TX light turns on --- indicating that I'm
>> transmitting ..... BUT -- there is no needle activity on the Tuner ..
>> Unable to check the output power as there is NO "Po" light on the 756Pro2
>> (however, when I click the same button to SWR, the green light comes on) ..
>> Next step is to check the Tuner --  hooked the Tuner up to my VHF/UHF
>> Tribander to check functionality ... it has needle movement on the
>> Reflected Power but not on the Forward (most likely of low watts on
>> Tribander) ...
>> So, I'm appealing to all the ICOM 756Pro2  Techies out there for H E L P
>>  73
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