There were more than one revision to the 706. The earliest ones used a final transistor that is no longer available, and what is available needs a larger footprint. There was an article somewhere that detailed what all had to be done to make the newer component fit that older board.
On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 10:10 PM Alexander Suvorov via BVARC < [email protected]> wrote: > > Hello. > I can check if anything bad with it and repair if components are available. > According to information I found > https://www.icomamerica.com/en/products/amateur/hf/706/specifications.aspx > output power is not always 100w and depends on output frequency and > transmitting mode. > > *Sent:* Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 8:42 AM > *From:* "Dwight Gardner via BVARC" <[email protected]> > *To:* "Alexander Suvorov via BVARC" <[email protected]> > *Cc:* "Dwight Gardner" <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [BVARC] Radio Repair > Hi Alexander, > > I am looking at buying an ICOM IC-706 MKII from fellow member. He tells me > that on HF it only produces 40 watts of power when it should deliver 100 > watts. Do you repair things like this? > > Thanks > KI5ZHD > Dwight > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
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