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Has anyone else experienced a problem with the clock on the display losing time? After setting the time to WWV, I lose a minute about every two weeks and have to reset the clock. Rig is used as a base station and never used mobile. IC7000 is less than a year old. This there a simple fix for this problem.

Dave
W3FOX

First question:

. . . Is the control head separated from the body of the rig?

Second question:

. . . If so, do you have ferrites on the control cable between the two?

Third question:

. . . Have you cleaned the contacts of the control head, the connecting cable, and the body of the rig?

A high-resistance connection, at any pin of the two connectors -- even if the control head is mounted on the body of the rig -- can make everything go wonky during XMIT.

.???????? Charles /?? VA7CPC

G'day all,
I received my working IC-7000 back this morning, I have popped the bottom lid to have a peak on what was replaced, however as it seems there is a fair bit of de-soldering to do to get what I'm going to call the PA board out, (while we have some topics in the group on acronyms - I CBF, and just want to get back on air!) so I'm going to accept that the dealer has advised that it was a fault with the 'pre-driver', and is common with the 7000s. So, the LDG IT-100 gets let off the hook at this stage.
So firstly, thanks all for the replies,

re: power connectors, I'm just using the standard 4 pole block on the back of the Icom, and about 20mm Eye's onto the screw terminals of my PSU, will probably look at a 'double' Anderson type connector when i set up in the mobile, as i am using those with all my solar gear and haven't had any problems with them at all.

re: tuning up power, if I hit ether the tune button on the radio, or the tune button on the LDG, the radio only TX 10W CW (even with normal tx power set at 100%) for the duration of the tune cycle (tested into a dummy load direct out of the back of the radio) Note that the tuner cuts the tune cycle short when it receives no TX power on its input.

re: power/data connector between radio and the LDG IT-100 - mine is a molex on the radio end (same as Hard drive power connector), and what Wikipedia calls a 4 pin circular connector (what I call a S-Video connector) so in this case I am lucky that things cant pull out and touch adjacent connections on either end all that easily.

Looking forward to get back on the air when I get home from work tonight, catch you there.

Cheers,
VK3CLI Jordan



To: ic7000@...
From: cscott@...
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 10:31:38 -0400
Subject: Re: [IC-7000] RE: RE: PA fault, LDG IT-100 antenna tuner Cause?






Bill:



The strip is a RIGrunner, which is perhaps the most common PowerPole
outlet strip. If they had recessed the connectors on that, you
wouldn't be able to do this, but they didn't, so, OK, they setup
this potential fail situation. But of course you can do this with
single PowerPole cables also.



For example, below is a single set of 70A PowerPoles connected
offset (if image doesn't display, follow the link). Yes, they can't
be connected backwards, but depending on what you're connected to,
you could short out the supply line. Why? If you don't have a fuse
on the radio negative lead and you plug in this way into a
high-current source with the radio and supply grounded some other
way (coax, ground terminal), there won't be a fuse to protect your
wiring and you could have a nice little fire.



(Now backing out of this thread.)



Chuck - N8DNX











On 10/27/2013 4:17 PM, Bill Boyer
wrote:






In this case the maker of the power strip set you up to fail.
I was referring to a single connection, SAE versus Powerpole,
and how the SAE connectors can be shorted out.







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On 4/11/13 6:49 AM, Rene S wrote:

Tony,

That all sounds easy, but I have yet to make any of this work for me yet. I am new to the radio so I have not even figured out how to set the menu to auto tune...but I will find it. The radio is used and I just put it on the boat. I have made a couple of contacts, but not many, so I still don't know for sure that I have an excellent working system. There are so many variable between the radio and the computer program, it is hard to know if I have a problem with the radio, with the propagation of the frequency, or if I just do not have the computer program running. I will keep working on it. I will try what you have said and will keep plugging away at this. Thanks for the input.

Another thing I did was to set the CIV port baudrate to 19200 baud,
rather than the default "auto detect". I didn't have much luck with
auto detection with some software. Some software vendors also recommend
fixing the serial baud rate to the highest setting (which is 19200 for
the 7000). With the fixed baudrate, computer control has been flawless.

I'd also strongly recommend getting the manual and a coffee or tea and
just study the manual in detail. The IC-7000 has a LOT of options, and
the manual is an asset. It's fairly well written. Even now I discover
features I didn't know the radio had. :) Every minute spent studying
the manual is a minute well spent. Even better, have the manual and
radio nearby, so you can play with the settings as you read (but take
notes! :) ).

BTW, the "Tune on transmit" feature only works with the AH-4 tuner, if I
recall (again, refer to the manual).

--
73 de Tony VK3JED/VK3IRL