On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Jim Harris <jim.w0em@yahoo.com> wrote:
Over the last 10 plus years ICOM has had problems with similar failures due
> to static electricity in the antenna system. Wind, rain, snow or anything
> that causes the antenna system to build up static electricity can cause the
> loss of power out and in an instance of time at that. Don't know if that
> caused your problem or if it applies to their newer models but I had to
> have one radio repaired 3-4 times in as many years. I learned to put all
> antenna switches to ground even if going "down the hall" for a minute.
A 1 megohm resistor between coax center wire and shield solves this problem.
Ski Exuberantly,
Hank, W6SX
Mammoth Lakes, California
Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light
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