Re: Hello to the group, and an IC-7000 problem.
There is a pulsating sound associated with the scope, especially when the sweep speed is high. I think there is a menu item to decrease this sound.
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VY 73 de W3UEC
Steve Dubin
A clear conscience is usually the result of a weak memory.?
In a message dated 8/29/2021 6:47:53 PM Eastern Standard Time, hrd998cc@... writes:
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the noise starts again when the scope is present.? It stops when the HLD is pressed. Is this normal?
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Re: Hello to the group, and an IC-7000 problem.
J.D.? Thanks for the question.? I tried both attached and not--no difference.?
This is my first experience with the 7000, so please bear with me.? I reset the radio, and the noise disappeared.? Pressing the down menu button, the noise starts again when the scope is present.? It stops when the HLD is pressed. Is this normal?
Further testing:? The display seems fine.? Frequencies seem to be accurate.? Receive on 2m and 70cm is very low.? It will not receive a local repeater.? However, it will receive my HT at close range.? Something in the front end, I assume.?
Receive on the HF bands seems normal; I cannot test 6 meters at the moment.?? Still no TX on 12 and 10 meters.
Thank you. 73, Russ KW6T
On Sunday, 29 August 2021, 03:07:01 pm GMT-7, J.D. Barron <jeter.d.barron@...> wrote:
Does it do this without an antenna attached?
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Re: Hello to the group, and an IC-7000 problem.
Does it do this without an antenna attached?
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Hello to the group, and an IC-7000 problem.
Hello all.? This is Russ Williams, KW6T.? I was first licensed in 1985 and have been active since 2003.? I am in Latrobe, California about 15 miles from the current "Caldor" forest fire. The smoke is a real problem here.? I have a short bio on QRZ.
I was given an IC-7000 that has a couple of problems.? After testing the rig, it seems to work "OK",? but it has a constant, pulsing low-level white noise on all bands that is louder in the AM mode than others.? The white noise pulses are not just random noise, they are like "dahs" at about 10 WPM.? It has good output on all bands except 12 and 10 meters; I am assuming that it is a driver/PA issue and should be relatively straightforward to repair.? Perhaps the issues are related?
If anyone has any clues as to where I should begin looking, has resolved this receive problem, or just wants to say hello, please respond.? To my knowledge, these are historically good radios, and this one would be a perfect mobile radio for my 4Runner.??
Note:? This radio has been "MARS" modded and I believe it was used on 11 meters. (Not by me).?
Thank you.
Russ
KW6T
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Re: No TX audio on JS8CALL
Thanks everyone for the input. (had to do my real job for a few days, so will be back to work on it now.)
To be clear on my setup: I’m using DIN 6 for audio, rx and tx, but using CAT for tx rx. not sure if this effects which audio/mics work. I know the speaker mic still has input.
Carl
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On Aug 26, 2021, at 1:57 PM, Kevin Grantham <kevin.n5krg@...> wrote:
No Data mode on the IC7000
Audio on the 13 pin is summed with the two mic inputs so if using that connector you will want to unplug the mic(s)
PTT on the miniDIN6 will mute both mics and the 13 pin and accept audio only from the miniDIN6. It is the better choice when going back and forth between phone and data since you can leave the mic(s) connected.
I say “mic(s)” because I made a short M-F modular adapter with the mic audio cut and used that for the Icom-supplied mic. I used a Heil ICM for the actual mic and used a footswitch with it. That gave me the ability to use the PTT on the ICM for hasty contacts, the footswitch when running a net, and the Icom mic as a handswitch. Plus I retained use of the keys on the Icom mic for direct frequency entry, stacking and so forth.
Love this radio. It’s now in my deployment box and gets exercised at least a dozen times per year.
73,
Kevin N5KRG
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Re: No TX audio on JS8CALL
No Data mode on the IC7000
Audio on the 13 pin is summed with the two mic inputs so if using that connector you will want to unplug the mic(s)
PTT on the miniDIN6 will mute both mics and the 13 pin and accept audio only from the miniDIN6. It is the better choice when going back and forth between phone and data since you can leave the mic(s) connected.
I say “mic(s)” because I made a short M-F modular adapter with the mic audio cut and used that for the Icom-supplied mic. I used a Heil ICM for the actual mic and used a footswitch with it. That gave me the ability to use the PTT on the ICM for hasty contacts, the footswitch when running a net, and the Icom mic as a handswitch. Plus I retained use of the keys on the Icom mic for direct frequency entry, stacking and so forth.
Love this radio. It’s now in my deployment box and gets exercised at least a dozen times per year.
73,
Kevin N5KRG
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Re: No TX audio on JS8CALL
With connections to both the DATA (13-pin) and 6-pin DIN jack:
. . . Is it possible that the IC-7000 is getting a PTT signal on the 6-pin DIN jack, . . . . and audio on the 13-pin DATA jack,
. . . and that it ignores the 13-pin DATA jack audio signal, because of the PTT on 6-pin DIN ?
Try switching things around so that both PTT and audio are coming in via the same jack.
.? ?Charles / va7cpc
PS -- I should have a manual reference for this.? I remember it as a problem on some rigs, but haven't checked it for the IC-7000.
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Re: No TX audio on JS8CALL
Bill,
Mine is simply in USB mode - with the interface connected to
port in the rear of the rig.
73's
Glenn
On 8/24/2021 6:42 PM, Bill Storey via
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Do you have to put the radio into usb-d mode?, or am I confusing this with the 746 pro?
Would you believe? Sent from my shoe phone's big brother and still no keyboard. Please excuse auto connections caused by typhoons.
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Re: No TX audio on JS8CALL
Do you have to put the radio into usb-d mode?, or am I confusing this with the 746 pro?
Would you believe? Sent from my shoe phone's big brother and still no keyboard. Please excuse auto connections caused by typhoons.
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Re: No TX audio on JS8CALL
Thanks Carl….
more questions / advice (before you tear the rig apart) ? - have you ever been able to work digital modes with your 7K (or any rig)?
- do you have anything other than the Unitek Y-247A?
- are you intimately familiar with Linux?
- Make sure that pulseaudio has not switched out your ports (see picture below – from HamPi)
- Get PSK (on FLDigi) or FT8 on WSJTX/JTDX working first
? Should be electrically isolated from the rig…. Best practices
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Carl N1MRV via groups.io Sent: Monday, August 23, 2021 5:58 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [ic7000] No TX audio on JS8CALL ? JD - going in through DATA connector, 6 pin DIN, and separate CAT cable. ?I’m trying to get one of the AX.25 programs working, so I can try on FM, which will be a different modulator. Glenn - yeah I should try JTDX. ?Trying to get AX.25 going, as this would go through an FM modulator, see if that works. I’m using HamPi, with a simple USB sound card, Unitek Y-247A.
On Aug 23, 2021, at 7:16 PM, Glenn Jensen <WA6BJQ@...> wrote: ? CB – before you rip the rig apart… does your configuration support other digital modes (i.e. PSK, FT-8, Olivia, etc)?? Are you using any sort of commercial interface between the computer and your rig (i.e. a or )?? Are you simply trying to connect PC audio to the 13-pin port – missed that in your config.
My configuration (with the 7K) works just fine, feeding it with a .? In my case, I also have a separate USB CAT cable (because I use this on Ubuntu and macOS in addition to Win10 (RIGblaster virtualizes the USB to provide the audio interface and CAT from a single USB connection (only on Win10)).?
73’蝉,
Glenn ? ? ? ? Thanks for the response. I’m using CAT control and everything there works. ?In fact, I can hit TUNE on JS8CALL, radio goes into transmit, and will modulate my voice from the speaker mic. It’s really weird. ?I can use the monitor function on ic-7000 and hear the tune tone and the JS8 worble… so really, the audio is making it into the ic-7000, and out the speaker somehow! ?But it’s not modulating the SSB.? The manual p 116 says make the data signal 0.4Vp-p and I’ve verified with my oscilloscope. Time to take the radio apart!!!! …. actually, before that, I’m going to hook up a function generator to the data in, and see what happens.? ?
On Aug 23, 2021, at 4:11 PM, Charles & Sandra Cohen via <cpcohen1945@...> wrote: ? The problem is probably that your software isn't telling the IC-7000 to go into XMIT mode.
Check the settings in JS8CALL, see how it is doing XMIT / RCV switching, and check that whatever it does on the DATA port matches what the IC-7000 expects.? I'm pretty sure there _is_ a "PTT" line in both the 6-pin and 13-pin DATA jacks.
Unfortunately, Icom didn't put a "digital VOX" capability into the IC-7000.
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The tune button on JS8CALL software also does not cause modulation (radio does go to TX, controlled by CAT)
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Ahh -- if the JS8CALL "Tune" button puts the IC-7000 into XMIT mode, but there's no power output from the rig:
. . . Check that you're using the correct pin on the DATA jack -- I think it's called "MOD" (modulator input),
. . . and that you're in USB mode,?
. . . and, if there's a menu item that switches between MIC and DATA, that it's set to DATA.
.? ?Charles / va7cpc
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Re: No TX audio on JS8CALL
JD - going in through DATA connector, 6 pin DIN, and separate CAT cable. ?I’m trying to get one of the AX.25 programs working, so I can try on FM, which will be a different modulator.
Glenn - yeah I should try JTDX. ?Trying to get AX.25 going, as this would go through an FM modulator, see if that works. I’m using HamPi, with a simple USB sound card, Unitek Y-247A.
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On Aug 23, 2021, at 7:16 PM, Glenn Jensen < WA6BJQ@...> wrote:
CB – before you rip the rig apart… does your configuration support other digital modes (i.e. PSK, FT-8, Olivia, etc)?? Are you using any sort of commercial interface between the computer and your rig (i.e. a or )?? Are you simply trying to connect PC audio to the 13-pin port – missed that in your config.
My configuration (with the 7K) works just fine, feeding it with a .? In my case, I also have a separate USB CAT cable (because I use this on Ubuntu and macOS in addition to Win10 (RIGblaster virtualizes the USB to provide the audio interface and CAT from a single USB connection (only on Win10)).?
73’蝉,
Glenn ? ? ? ? Thanks for the response. I’m using CAT control and everything there works. ?In fact, I can hit TUNE on JS8CALL, radio goes into transmit, and will modulate my voice from the speaker mic. It’s really weird. ?I can use the monitor function on ic-7000 and hear the tune tone and the JS8 worble… so really, the audio is making it into the ic-7000, and out the speaker somehow! ?But it’s not modulating the SSB.? The manual p 116 says make the data signal 0.4Vp-p and I’ve verified with my oscilloscope. Time to take the radio apart!!!! …. actually, before that, I’m going to hook up a function generator to the data in, and see what happens.? ?
On Aug 23, 2021, at 4:11 PM, Charles & Sandra Cohen via <cpcohen1945@...> wrote: ? The problem is probably that your software isn't telling the IC-7000 to go into XMIT mode.
Check the settings in JS8CALL, see how it is doing XMIT / RCV switching, and check that whatever it does on the DATA port matches what the IC-7000 expects.? I'm pretty sure there _is_ a "PTT" line in both the 6-pin and 13-pin DATA jacks.
Unfortunately, Icom didn't put a "digital VOX" capability into the IC-7000.
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The tune button on JS8CALL software also does not cause modulation (radio does go to TX, controlled by CAT)
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Ahh -- if the JS8CALL "Tune" button puts the IC-7000 into XMIT mode, but there's no power output from the rig:
. . . Check that you're using the correct pin on the DATA jack -- I think it's called "MOD" (modulator input),
. . . and that you're in USB mode,?
. . . and, if there's a menu item that switches between MIC and DATA, that it's set to DATA.
.? ?Charles / va7cpc
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Re: No TX audio on JS8CALL
CB – before you rip the rig apart… does your configuration support other digital modes (i.e. PSK, FT-8, Olivia, etc)?? Are you using any sort of commercial interface between the computer and your rig (i.e. a or )?? Are you simply trying to connect PC audio to the 13-pin port – missed that in your config.
My configuration (with the 7K) works just fine, feeding it with a .? In my case, I also have a separate USB CAT cable (because I use this on Ubuntu and macOS in addition to Win10 (RIGblaster virtualizes the USB to provide the audio interface and CAT from a single USB connection (only on Win10)).?
73’蝉,
Glenn ? ? ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Carl N1MRV via groups.io Sent: Monday, August 23, 2021 2:33 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [ic7000] No TX audio on JS8CALL ? Thanks for the response. I’m using CAT control and everything there works. ?In fact, I can hit TUNE on JS8CALL, radio goes into transmit, and will modulate my voice from the speaker mic. It’s really weird. ?I can use the monitor function on ic-7000 and hear the tune tone and the JS8 worble… so really, the audio is making it into the ic-7000, and out the speaker somehow! ?But it’s not modulating the SSB.? The manual p 116 says make the data signal 0.4Vp-p and I’ve verified with my oscilloscope. Time to take the radio apart!!!! …. actually, before that, I’m going to hook up a function generator to the data in, and see what happens.? ?
On Aug 23, 2021, at 4:11 PM, Charles & Sandra Cohen via <cpcohen1945@...> wrote: ? The problem is probably that your software isn't telling the IC-7000 to go into XMIT mode.
Check the settings in JS8CALL, see how it is doing XMIT / RCV switching, and check that whatever it does on the DATA port matches what the IC-7000 expects.? I'm pretty sure there _is_ a "PTT" line in both the 6-pin and 13-pin DATA jacks.
Unfortunately, Icom didn't put a "digital VOX" capability into the IC-7000.
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The tune button on JS8CALL software also does not cause modulation (radio does go to TX, controlled by CAT)
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Ahh -- if the JS8CALL "Tune" button puts the IC-7000 into XMIT mode, but there's no power output from the rig:
. . . Check that you're using the correct pin on the DATA jack -- I think it's called "MOD" (modulator input),
. . . and that you're in USB mode,?
. . . and, if there's a menu item that switches between MIC and DATA, that it's set to DATA.
.? ?Charles / va7cpc
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Re: No TX audio on JS8CALL
What connector are you feeding the audio into? The book says that the front mike is disconnected win digital. Perhaps the audio signals are not going into the proper pins?
Does it work on WSJT-X?
1 DATA IN Input terminal for data transmit. (1200 bps: AFSK/9600 bps: G3RUH, GMSK)
2 GND Common ground for DATA IN, DATA OUT and AF OUT.
3 PTT P PTT terminal for packet operation. Connect to ground to activate the transmitter. When grounded, microphone input (pin 6) of [MIC] connector will be disconnected.
4 DATA OUT Data out terminal for 9600 bps operation only.
5 AF OUT Data out terminal for 1200 bps operation only.
6 SQL Squelch out terminal. This pin is grounded when the transceiver receives a signal which opens the squelch. ? To avoid interfering transmissions, connect squelch to the TNC to inhibit transmission when squelch is open. ? Keep RF gain at a normal level, otherwise a “SQL” signal will not be output
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Re: No TX audio on JS8CALL
Thanks for the response.
I’m using CAT control and everything there works. ?In fact, I can hit TUNE on JS8CALL, radio goes into transmit, and will modulate my voice from the speaker mic.
It’s really weird. ?I can use the monitor function on ic-7000 and hear the tune tone and the JS8 worble… so really, the audio is making it into the ic-7000, and out the speaker somehow! ?But it’s not modulating the SSB.?
The manual p 116 says make the data signal 0.4Vp-p and I’ve verified with my oscilloscope.
Time to take the radio apart!!!! …. actually, before that, I’m going to hook up a function generator to the data in, and see what happens.? CB
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On Aug 23, 2021, at 4:11 PM, Charles & Sandra Cohen via < cpcohen1945@...> wrote:
The problem is probably that your software isn't telling the IC-7000 to go into XMIT mode.
Check the settings in JS8CALL, see how it is doing XMIT / RCV switching, and check that whatever it does on the DATA port matches what the IC-7000 expects.? I'm pretty sure there _is_ a "PTT" line in both the 6-pin and 13-pin DATA jacks.
Unfortunately, Icom didn't put a "digital VOX" capability into the IC-7000.
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The tune button on JS8CALL software also does not cause modulation (radio does go to TX, controlled by CAT)
>>>
Ahh -- if the JS8CALL "Tune" button puts the IC-7000 into XMIT mode, but there's no power output from the rig:
. . . Check that you're using the correct pin on the DATA jack -- I think it's called "MOD" (modulator input),
. . . and that you're in USB mode,?
. . . and, if there's a menu item that switches between MIC and DATA, that it's set to DATA.
.? ?Charles / va7cpc
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Re: No TX audio on JS8CALL
The problem is probably that your software isn't telling the IC-7000 to go into XMIT mode.
Check the settings in JS8CALL, see how it is doing XMIT / RCV switching, and check that whatever it does on the DATA port matches what the IC-7000 expects.? I'm pretty sure there _is_ a "PTT" line in both the 6-pin and 13-pin DATA jacks.
Unfortunately, Icom didn't put a "digital VOX" capability into the IC-7000.
>>>
The tune button on JS8CALL software also does not cause modulation (radio does go to TX, controlled by CAT)
>>>
Ahh -- if the JS8CALL "Tune" button puts the IC-7000 into XMIT mode, but there's no power output from the rig:
. . . Check that you're using the correct pin on the DATA jack -- I think it's called "MOD" (modulator input),
. . . and that you're in USB mode,?
. . . and, if there's a menu item that switches between MIC and DATA, that it's set to DATA.
.? ?Charles / va7cpc
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Hi Team
I have an IC-7000, transmits well with hand mic both FM and SSB. Transmits Tune tone well.
When using JS8CALL, audio is not getting onto the signal, I see no power fluctuation on the meter.
I’m using the DATA port, receiving and decoding signals fine.
I’ve verified the audio signal is present all the way to the pin on the DATA connector, using oscilloscope.
The tune button on JS8CALL software also does not cause modulation (radio does go to TX, controlled by CAT)
Now get this: I use the monitor function on the IC-7000, and I hear the JS8CALL tones on the 7300!! So the signal is getting to the radio.
Do I have a DATA socket problem??
Carl
KO4SSA
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Yes, the ML920S/DN works fine.? It has the same surface mount tabs as the /F9D.? The only difference is the coin cell has an insulating wrap around it, which is fine.? The price at digikey.com is $2.18 USD, quantity 1.
Just be carefull not to short the leads together when handling.? Use ESD protection when handling any PCB, but especially the Logic board.
Steve, W3AHL
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Where is the clock battery in an IC7000?
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Looking for a photo of the ML920S/F9D to see if is the same as the ML920S/DN Panasonic battery because i can but it here in Canada for $4.98 .
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Stephen Dubin
Kevin Grantham - N5KRG
Glenn Jensen
Steve W3AHL