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Icom 706 MkII G Finals
About two weeks ago I posted an article on e-ham.net
that I snipped from mods.dk about the 706mkIIg finals being obsolete. I did some investigating and determined that Icom is replacing the SRFJ7044 power FET with the RD70HVF, the same power FET that's used in the Icom IC-2720 dual band. If you check the product reviews in eHam.net under; Transceivers: VHF/UHF Base/Mobile (non hand-held)/ ICOM IC-2720H You will see several complaints about finals burning out in the IC-2720. In one of the threads a ham complained that the final transistor in his two week old IC-2720 caught on fire and damaged the radio beyond repair. Icom replaced it. The 706 Mk2G uses 3 RD70HVF power FET's (two for HF and 1 for VHF/UHF. The finals were changed during production in the MK2G about 2 years ago. I hope that Icom isn't using the same finals in the IC706MKIIG that are causing problems in IC-2720!! :-( Here a repeat of the mods.dk article. ---------Snip-------- The 706MKIIG radio has 2 different versions of the PA board. The older PA board's finals (1590002690)aka (srfj7044) are no longer available and would require replacement of the PA board. The newer style PA board transistors are part# 1560001190 (rd70HVF) and can be ordered by The 2 styles of transistors are not interchangeable. The complete PA board is part# 98413600 and sells for apx $442. The catch 22 is that this board is the old style board, with the old transistors. We do not have the new style boards available yet so, if the finals fail again, it's another board replacement. Kevin McClinton, W7JRL Technical Support Representative ICOM America, Inc. 2380 116th Ave. NE Bellevue, WA 98004 Ph. (425) 454-7619 Fax (425) 637-8417 www.icomamerica.com ---------Snip-------- |
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On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 16:48:09 -0800, Justín Käse
wrote: In ups.com posted on 24 Mar 2005 10:15:37 -0800, WA9FVP wrote: I did some investigating and determined that Icom is replacing the SRFJ7044 power FET with the RD70HVF Might you direct us to the source of that information? My 706mk2g uses the SRFJ7044's for both the HF and V/UHF PAs, and in none of the available service manuals can I even find a mention of the RD70HVF. I think he already did. It was: Kevin McClinton, W7JRL Technical Support Representative ICOM America, Inc. |
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