that was while the radio was not receiving. I did try the mic briefly for a second or 2 but there was no response from the radio. Just a good starting point to eliminate all the coomon oops stuf and cockpit error.That was the 1st thing I did. I can't remember if there is one control that can be set for function as RF gain or squelch. I'd certainly want to check the menus and control settings, too. Radio to a dummy load or antenna of course. If it's still shows the same thing I'd want to exercise the T/R relay by pushing the PTT switch several times. The first thing I would do, is perform a hard reset acording to the manual. Is there anything simple I could try before i spend some serious $$$ on getting it fixed? I'd kind of like to be able to give the repair guy a few ideas so he has a place to start. I'm planning on sending it to a repair guy but I thought I would drop a message here to see if anyone has had the same thing happen with their rig. Once again, I put it on the shelf and after 3 months, tried it again and got the same thing.ДЄnyone have any idea on what might be the problem? The fact that it receives then quits and receives again after a long period of power down i think is a clue but I cant figure it out. Hooked it up to power supply and antenna and the radio powered on OK, The receiver worked ok then after several minutes it just quit again. I put the radio back on the shelf for a few months then I brought it back down to take another look at it. I repowered the radio several times and couldn't get the receive to come back on. The screen came on and I got the everything thats supposed to be there. just a light hiss thats the usual for a receiver not hooked to an antenna. While the rig was receiving, I was getting good signals, atmospheric noise etc. had a friend with better gear then I check it but I don't remember what his readings were. The antenna was a random length long wire. Tried the coax on another piece of gear and it worked fine. No shorts or anything out of the ordinary. Once the receive quit, I tried looking at my coax and antenna to see if that may be the issue. I didn't try the transmit as the antenna wasn't tuned at that point. It received OK for several minutes then the receive quit. About 8 or 9 months ago, I brought it down and hooked it up to an antenna and powered it up. I have an Icom IC-706mkiig that has been sitting on the shelf for several years. Thought I'd cross post it here to see if anyone could help diagnose it as I know a lot of you dont do the zoo.

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