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Icom 802 troubleshooting
Well, I had a tech come out and check out my system. M-802 with the
automatic antenna tuner. He said that the radio is only putting out about 50 watts, and should be putting out 100-150 watts, so he thinks something is wrong with the radio (new, right outta the box...) He also mentioned that the automatic antenna tuner should be closer to the ground plate. In the Icom manuals, they said to mount it as close to the antenna as possible, so it's on the flying bridge, and the conductor from the tuner to the antenna is about 3'. I can move it about halfway between the antenna and the ground plate in the engine room. Who's right? The final thing is that I ran a 2" ground foil strip from the radio to the ground plate as well, as required by the ICOM manual... he said this isn't necessary and should be disconnected. I'm really confused now. Help! At this point, I'm going to take the radio in to the dealer and have it checked out and anything corrected as needed, then see how things work before I start moving the tuner around. |
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