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- DISPLAY/DISTORTION PROBLEMS ICOM IC 740 HF RIG
- Also probably would apply to IC 735 and IC 745 as well.
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- The symptoms were distortion on transmit, a very unstable display,
- often tuning dial would not move frequency, display would give
- all kinds of random numbers, sometimes no numbers at all on sections
- of display readout. This appeared to be a mechanical problem, as a
- sharp "rap" on the case would change things, sometimes curing it
- temporarily. We pulled off the covers of the set, and gently tapped
- each board. The PLL board appeared to be the culprit. This is the
- small covered board to the rear left on the underside of the 740.
- We popped off the little cover over the board, loosened the 4 mounting
- screws and took out the board. Everything looked good, but the points
- on the board that contacted the metal standoffs were corroded and dirty.
- We flowed fresh solder around the screw holes on the board (underside),
- cleaned the standoffs and cleaned the chassis where they connected
- to it. This cured the problem. Interestingly enough, we did the same
- fix to an Icom 22S 2 mtr rig several years ago that would keep going out
- of "lock". It cured that problem as well. The bottom line is, make sure
- all your board to ground/chassis connections are real clean. Just a
- thin film of crud can cause all kinds of problems on a unit that uses
- the mounting screws as the ground return. Sometimes (but not always!)
- just loosening and retightening the mounting screws will help the
- problem. de W1FYR Gilsum, NH 03448
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