K
Keith
- Jan 1, 1970
- 0
Reporting back on my ICOM 802 problem. Received, but wouldn't transmit. As
correctly guessed in this NG, the control cable between the radio and the
automatic antenna tuner was not done properly, basically due to those tiny
little crappy plug connectors. I got a REAL radio tech and we fixed it. Just
soldered the wires together at the antenna connector then sealed them up. At
the radio, we used a terminal strip and connected the heavy wires from the
control cable there, then ran smaller wires that worked better with the
little plug to it from the terminal strip.
Formal complaint on the way to ICOM about those damm plugs. They were the
only thing I couldn't do myself in the initial installation, and the cause
of all these problems.
BTW, the radio is working great with only a Dynaplate in the water for the
ground plane, connected by 2" copper foil to the antenna tuner and the
radio. The antenna tuner is 3' from the antenna, as ICOM suggested.
correctly guessed in this NG, the control cable between the radio and the
automatic antenna tuner was not done properly, basically due to those tiny
little crappy plug connectors. I got a REAL radio tech and we fixed it. Just
soldered the wires together at the antenna connector then sealed them up. At
the radio, we used a terminal strip and connected the heavy wires from the
control cable there, then ran smaller wires that worked better with the
little plug to it from the terminal strip.
Formal complaint on the way to ICOM about those damm plugs. They were the
only thing I couldn't do myself in the initial installation, and the cause
of all these problems.
BTW, the radio is working great with only a Dynaplate in the water for the
ground plane, connected by 2" copper foil to the antenna tuner and the
radio. The antenna tuner is 3' from the antenna, as ICOM suggested.
