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IC-730 mobile in FORD Powerstroke???HELP!
Hay all! After having this nice truck for 9 years now,
im finally going hf mobile! Have Icom 730 rig, mounted in 96 Ford F-350 powerstroke 7.3 Liter ?Diesel truck, 1ST- Mega noise on ignition system! NB doesnt help at all. No matter what speed you drive it gets worse at highway speeds, *Antenna here is a Henry Allen TX bug catcher bumper mounted on left rear side. Homebrew pipe bumper, solid, and yes its grounded! And its solid 20over S 9 signal generated from that truck engine. Chokes, coils, torroids help? And yes this is long bed truck so the antenna is about 17' or so from the front the motor or engine compartment. 2nd- Biggest problem, is when you key the mic even not modulating it, just keying it, slows the motor down like you take your foot of the accellerator and applying the brakes. This happens regardless what power I have the icom set at! 50 watts, 30 watts, same thing! *** I have tapped in the power fuse box thats under the dash, for direct power to rig, would directly having it go to the batteries up front help any? Or is this little rf messing with the computer module under the hood next to the firewall? Back in January I had the right side power harness replaced, like the set of sparkplug wires that go to the individual injectors on the right side of the motor. Could there be a ground not connected from the repair shop? Truck has 142K mileage, runs like clock, but im affraid of the excessive rf power messing with that computer module? * Any tips or suggestions, calling the ford dealer in Austin monday am, not sure if it would help, since most people dont know what ham radio is anyway! Thanks for reading, any tips zip them my way PSE!!! Steve, WD5HNI............ mail to: |
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