[K3PZN-List] ICOM 706MKIIG Repair

[Curt Milton]

Kyle
good research.  perhaps you could repair the IC706 in the future - but you have to choose your battles carefully !  these things can be a pain to fix even for folk with knowledge and equipment.  

repair of rigs is not cheap -- and too often its more cost-effective to get a new rig.  (fortunately it is pretty hard to break most rigs -- I would be in dire straights if these things were easy to break !)

I am curious if any of the bands still work on transmit -- maybe 6m uses the same finals - but does the rig work on 2m and 440 MHz ??  

I am suspicious that market value for a IC706 now should be a bit less than $700 -- note the cost of the new rig you just bought !  

My advice is to stash away the IC706 and info on final replacement.  Get your education -- get employed into something that makes a decent living -- and move beyond this matter for now.  enjoy the new rig you have .... get those college courses successfully completed.  get through that math class, doing whatever it takes (my wife has enough students there, so we don't need you and others failing courses! )
succeed and enjoy ... I suggest stashing this rig away (or selling it if anyone would offer you something reasonable for it)
when you must have a new radio toy -- let's talk then - some pretty cool stuff can be had for not much $$.  I am having fun enough with my WSPR transmitter.  throw 200-300 mW out to the ions -- and get spots in Australia.  very cool.  

Curt
 

    On Thursday, September 21, 2017 8:25 AM, Kyle Thornton <kyle.3599 at outlook.com> wrote:
 

 All,
So I've been looking for someone to fix my 706 that has no output power. The one guy I talked to said it is non repairable due to the final transistors. It's a serial number 20920. Someone in PVRC sent me an article on how to retrofit the new finals into the old PCB is this something that I should look into more or do I now how a paper weight worth $700 
Kyle 
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