>>> Clean the fuses and all of the connections. >>> As I remember, the IC-7000 has the same kind of separable faceplate that the IC-706 used. The contacts for that connection (on both the main radio b

FWIW (I don't own an AT-100) -- The AT-100 ProII is designed for _fully automatic_ operation. If you can figure out how to get 12 volts DC (either from the IC-7000 "Tune" socket, or from its 12-volt p

FWIW -- Elk antennas and Arrow antennas are both used heavily by 2m/70cm satellite stations. The Arrows are cross-polarized Yagis. The Elks aren't Yagis, but they have several dB of gain over a dipole

FWIW -- This video might be helpful: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RF0OMNZCEVA and a search on YouTube for UZ7HO will give you a few others. In that video, around 6:00, the presenter suggests that y