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Service Menu IC-7000 Tune Power for a Screwdriver/controller

 

Hello
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I am trying to finish up my mobile HF installation. Still having some issues, but I've grounded and bonded the radio, antenna, etc. very well (maybe however, not well enough). I've also installed lots of good quality ferrites.?
After talking to the manufacturer of the screwdriver controller, he suggested I try reducing the tune power. The unit is a Tune-Matic EZ-Tune (Icom).
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So, I inserted a shorted 1/8" TS male plug into the CI-V jack and turned the radio on with two of the front buttons pressed. I'm in the service menu.
There is an item under the TX submenu where you can adjust the tune power (AM) when hitting the remote AT button on front. The current setting is "36".
However, I cannot change this value by rotating the VFO knob per the service manual.
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Any suggestions?
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Thanks
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Philip Neidlinger
KA4KOE
 


I was never happy with any auto-tuners I has thrown money at. I found them to be sensitive to RF no matter what I did. The fact that they told you to lower tuning power is a proof yo what I found.

Then, I got two momentary rocker switches and put them in a small box. I have been tuning my screwdriver antenna manually using the SWR meter in IC7000 since then and never looked back.

ismail
KT6LN


On Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 10:03 Philip Neidlinger via <ka4koe=[email protected]> wrote:
Hello
?
I am trying to finish up my mobile HF installation. Still having some issues, but I've grounded and bonded the radio, antenna, etc. very well (maybe however, not well enough). I've also installed lots of good quality ferrites.?
After talking to the manufacturer of the screwdriver controller, he suggested I try reducing the tune power. The unit is a Tune-Matic EZ-Tune (Icom).
?
So, I inserted a shorted 1/8" TS male plug into the CI-V jack and turned the radio on with two of the front buttons pressed. I'm in the service menu.
There is an item under the TX submenu where you can adjust the tune power (AM) when hitting the remote AT button on front. The current setting is "36".
However, I cannot change this value by rotating the VFO knob per the service manual.
?
Any suggestions?
?
Thanks
?
Philip Neidlinger
KA4KOE
 
Edited

The rocker switches are what I started with. To change bands one needs to stop the vehicle or risk a violent/fiery death. The thing is, it works MOST of the time, until it doesn't, usually on 80/40. But the primary question is still, why can I not adjust the tune power in the hidden service menu?

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