756 pro III is 11M gonna cook the lowpass section or is this bs I read?

[357]

I picked up the PROIII and was impressed with it's condition. Unfortunately, there was an issue with low output power on 10 and 12m, which was not disclosed before the deal. Examining the filter board revealed the problem. The coils for the 22-30MHz range were completely cooked. One coil in fact was so badly burned, the core was cracked in two places. A previous owner was obviously using the radio on 11m. New parts were received from Icom and installed and radio now works as it should.

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/4635?cookietest=1

 

[Captain Kilowatt]

If the bandpass filter was 22-30 MHz then it would not get fried from passing 27 MHz. It would have to have pretty narrow separate filters for 10m and 12m in order not to pass 11m.

 

[bob85]

Plenty of people in my area use or have used all the 756 models & 7600 every day on full power fm without issues.

I never came across any hf set going all the way back to tube pa's that would not work on 11mtrs just the same as 12 or 10mtrs once you get it onto 11mtrs.
May be the odd one i missed over the years

People claim the same nonesense about Hf radios RX bandpass filters not covering 11mtrs.

 

[Road Squawker]

Actually, if you read the verbage by the VE3 poster, he never says that the damage was caused by operating it on 11 meters.

Many (err, .....cough cough) PRO III's are operated on 11 with no issues.

 

[Sonar]

Actually, if you read the verbage by the VE3 poster, he never says that the damage was caused by operating it on 11 meters.

Many (err, .....cough cough) PRO III's are operated on 11 with no issues.

I've heard many. And their great sounding transceivers. I'm on 11 meters, because that's the only place I've ever heard them. I also Came Upon an article once. I could be sure if it was the same one as the link but the one I read confused me too I thought that modifying a 756 for 11m will cause issues. 73

 

[357]

thanks for the replies.
I was just, wtf?