[K3PZN-List] ICOM 706MKIIG Repair

[Kyle Thornton]

Curt,
Yeah that's going to be the plan. It's a shame because I liked my 706 very much. The 891 is loads better technology and feature wise but the 706 was one of those radio I always wanted. It's going to sit and collect dust unless someone offers me $400-$500 for it. Your right college is the main priority. I'm continuing trying to get more acuinted with the 891 and learning all the various features it has. I figured out how to set it up with my auto antenna tuner so that's pretty cool. Right now I'm still trying to figure out using all the filters to reduce noise. I figured out how to turn off AGC which I'm guessing is something I should probably leave on since that made the noise louder. I'm working on bettering my shack as well. I'd like to find a foot switch for this microphone that I got with the 891 that HRO was giving away as part of a promotion. Heil I think is the company. 
Kyle 

> On Sep 21, 2017, at 8:39 AM, Curt Milton via K3PZN-List <k3pzn-list at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> 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:
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> 
> 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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