The earth rod is driven down about 5 feet with a 4 inch PVC pipe over it filled with Bentonite.
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Marc Hillman" <vk3ohm@...>
Sender: ic7000@...
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 02:48:17
To: <ic7000@...>
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Subject: [IC-7000] Re: Smoke
I have smoked three brand new IC-7000 (driver boards) within a few weeks of purchase. If the unit has been in Rx for a while, and smokes for no reason, it is probably the earth. It is an uncommon, but accepted by Icom problem, that if you have an IC-7000 connected to a really bad earth, i.e. it's more of an aerial than and earth, then this happens. Icom are researching the problem, but don't have a fix yet.
Either
a. Disconnect the earth entirely, or
b. Connect to mains earth, or
c. Fix your earth
I elected option b and have been trouble free for 6 months.
