[PCR-1000] PCR1000 servicing from Icom

Fri, 1 Feb 2002 07:08:39 +0700

Hi all,

I have had the same problems with deafness but my set also displayed all the
other signs of EEprom corruption, i.e the run away AFC etc. I sent mine to
Icom Australia on the 10th of December and am still waiting to get it back!
I called them three weeks ago and was told that is was giving them a
headache! but no explanation why or when I may see it back!

73,
Richard Manson [GM1PWS exZL2TNA]
Jakarta, Indonesia

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Sent: Thursday, 31 January 2002 20:18
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Subject: [PCR-1000] PCR1000 servicing from Icom

Well, as a direct result of trying out the WXSAT stuff, I've determined
that my PCR1000 is very, very deaf.  The receive of the wx sats is
horrible.  The sensitivity is just not up to par.

Now, before the flames start about what a knucklehead I am, and how I don't
know how to operate it, let me share some information with you :)

1) I have a 10 cross-element RHCP directional array with computerized az/el
control as an antenna (cut for 144 MHz, but it has lots of gain at 137).

2) I have a Kenwood TS-790A and an Icom-706 to use as comparison
receivers.  They were getting quite good signals, when the PCR-1000
couldn't even hear the wxsats--same antenna, mind you.

3) I've been doing digital satellites since 1990, so grabbing a few
satellite images is really no big deal

4) no, the PCR-1000 attenuator isn't ON ;-)  Turning it on makes the unit
go from deaf to deaf AND dumb!

5) local ham radio repeaters give about an S3-4 signal, while the ham rigs
are S9+20-60.

I haven't used it much at all (bought it for AO-40 satellite work), and I'm
not sure it has ever worked right, but it seems much worse than I ever
recall (I hadn't used it for months, no antenna connected during that time).

Okay, that having been said--I just boxed up my PCR1000 and mailed it to
Icom for warranty repair.  Has anybody on the list seen something like
this?  Or had to send their unit back to Icom for repairs?  How was their
repair service?  Just wondering what kind of receive sensitivity others are
seeing....the tech. specs are "okay" meaning, I don't expect to do EME with
it.  But by golly it should hear the wxsats on a directional array!

73,

Mark L. Hammond  [N8MH]

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