[PPRAANet] Icom 706MK IIG

DickT-W0RAA dickt at w0raa.com
Thu Mar 27 13:10:01 EDT 2014


John, is this on all bands, including 2 meters & 70 CM?  Have you tried a 
complete soft reset or a hard reset?

Dick - aka Dad or W0RAA



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hooker" <kc2jej at optimum.net>
To: <ppraanet at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2014 5:11 AM
Subject: [PPRAANet] Icom 706MK IIG


> Good morning all,
>
> I just went to use my backup radio as I do a few times a year, when I 
> hooked it up, and powered it on all seemed fine until I tried to transmit 
> with it. The rig keys but has 0 power output on all bands, I did look to 
> see if the power was turned down but it was at 80% where I left it. I 
> changed the antenna's and mic also with same results. I pulled the cover 
> off to see if I had burned the finals, they physically look good, no 
> burned smell to them at all.
> Now my stupid questions are:
>
> Can you actually destroy finals without any signs of damage?
>
> Is there a way to them in the radio without removing them?
>
> Could this issue be with the driver board and not the finals since there 
> is no output on any band?
>
> Should I toss this one and get something else?
>
> I don't like the last possibility since I have owned this radio for a long 
> time and it has special meaning to me. Any and all help would be greatly 
> appreciated.
>
> Thank you
>
> John
> NN2P
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