Possible only if you connect your radio negative lead to the battery negative terminal, which is bad installation practice. Which I guess is one reason to keep the fuse, to protect people from themsel

I recall when I measured my Icom 706 it was on the order of a milliamp. I'm not next to my 7000 to measure it but I suspect it's similarly "not much". A switch won't hurt but I suspect it won't solve

Not the least of which is any differences in inner layers. Often the bottom layer and areas of the top layer are chassis ground or groundplane and may not change at all or very little across revisions

I've used CHIRP with my 7000 but I recall it can only read/write just one of the channel banks. Better than nothing but I still ended up getting RT Systems to manage the 7000. Mark K5LXP Albuquerque,

On Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 08:05:52 AM MST, VE2DX <ve2dx@...> wrote: > the TFT color screen is me having fun (Understatement!), For development or diagnostics it's great to have a display,

Just an opinion of a ~20 year user of an ATAS antenna: If I could build the ideal controller for it, there would be no display. I don't want another box I have to mount, run cables to, then watch and

From: Dan Fisher AI4GK <ai4gk@...> You really need to verify the voltage at the back of the radio. It is spec'd to operate down to 11.75 volts, and it's not hard to have a 2V drop though thin w

________________________________ From: Jim Szalajeski via Groups.Io <jimszal@...> ... Astron is one of them. I've also used similar converters to run negative ground equipment from pos

From: Richard <wile2u@...> Ah, I missed the post about "testing" by removing a battery cable. I wouldn't be too concerned about the "diodes" in the alternator but all the other connected systems

From: Bob Rodgers <kc4tvo@...> What is the failure mode? This is the first I've heard of it. It certainly isn't due to the tepid draw of a mobile radio. Mark K5LXP Albuquerque, NM

From: K5ZM <k5zm@...> > I recently purchased the SignaLink USB with the intent of getting the two to play nicely with each other. I have two Signalinks, and they play well with my 756, 746, 70

From: k4pwo <k4pwo@...> Can't speak to the 7000 specifically but on other equipment I've replaced the battery I just cut the tabs on the existing cell and solder the tabs of the new battery on

~1.5 years ago, $475 including HM154T mic and RT Systems kit. Mark K5LXP Albuquerque, NM

Do the up/down buttons on the mic work? Mark K5LXP Albuquerque, NM

From: "Carol Fano k1csf@... [ic7000]" > no one could hear me. I tried another microphone and cord. Is this with the separation kit? Try it with the head directly mounted to the transceiver. Mark

From: "k4pwo@... [ic7000]" This caught my attention, will be looking to see what you've come up with. I've got a couple of these things I use and while I find that their implementation of VOX

________________________________ From: "pmo75@... [ic7000]" <ic7000@...> Push and hold the up or down button on the top of the mic. Mark K5LXP Albuquerque, NM

From: "kc8lqv@... [ic7000]" <ic7000@...> You could always use the port power to actuate a relay, and that can turn on whatever load you need. Mark K5LXP Albuquerque, NM

________________________________ From: "w3ahl@... [ic7000]" <ic7000@...> ... And JST is awful proud of their crimpers. I just got one for the VH series and it was over $500. The molex

________________________________ From: "Helmut Wabnig hwabnig@... [ic7000]" <ic7000@...> Don't know the OEM #. I've bought them from Quicksilver Radio. http://www.qsradio.com Mark K5LXP