Hi Richard,

Richard Clark wrote:
On 23 May 2005 21:09:39 -0700, "
wrote:
This rig is sure feature loaded. If you don't have the manual,
visit:
http://www.icomamerica.com/support/m...c-706mkiig.pdf

Yes, I got the user manual and the service manual from this link:

http://www.qsl.net/icom/manuals.html

I presume you don't have the optional tuner, otherwise we wouldn't be
talking about SWR.

Yes, I do not have a tuner.

The external SWR meter is good enough (does it agree with the ICOM
front panel indicator?). Do you have a dummy load to test it
against?

Yes, it agrees. I don't have a dummy load. From what I read in this
group and elsewhere, I think a dummy load is the first test gear I
should get. It will definitely show whether the coax is faulty or the
antenna.

Your weblog has crashed by the way.

Oh.. thanks. Will fix it this evening.

You should also be following the thread
"Laport's 'Radio Antenna Engineering' available"
and downloading a copy if you are not bandwidth restricted. Laport
is
one of the more accessible writers on the craft of antenna design.

Yes, I had been trying for the whole of today from
http://www.r-bonomi.com/cgi-bin/laport but unfortunately not been able
to get it. Would appreciate if someone put an http/ftp download
somewhere.

73
Ramakrishnan, vu3rdd
http://www.hackGNU.org