Icom IC-746Pro Heading For Service
It’s been a long time coming. In fact the radio has been sitting since Field Day 2008 waiting to be repaired and I’m finally ready to just pay Icom to do it. You see the ALC Meter, Forward Power Meter, and SWR Meter are not working. This likely means a single diode is bad. Unfortunately in a radio the size of a shoebox for a pair of work boots there are a LOT of circuit boards, with almost exclusively surface mount components. I lack the ability to actually track down the failing part, and the skill to actually replace it.
In any case I’ve heard Icom America has a great service department. I’m about to find out. Can’t wait to get my station put back together this fall for some operating over the cold months on PSK-31 again.
