From philabs!philmtl!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucsd!rutgers!bellcore!ka9q.bellcore.com!karn Mon Sep 18 10:08:50 EDT 1989 Article 2562 of rec.ham-radio.packet: Path: philabs!philmtl!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucsd!rutgers!bellcore!ka9q.bellcore.com!karn >From: karn@ka9q.bellcore.com (Phil Karn) Newsgroups: rec.ham-radio.packet Subject: Re: Local packet QSOs / dual band rigs? Message-ID: <17645@bellcore.bellcore.com> Date: 18 Sep 89 08:39:55 GMT References: <78100001@ENP.Prime.COM> Sender: news@bellcore.bellcore.com Reply-To: karn@ka9q.bellcore.com (Phil Karn) Organization: Secular Humanists for No-Code Lines: 7 Posted: Mon Sep 18 04:39:55 1989 I also have the IC-3200A. The receiver recovery time with that radio is overly long. The fix is simple: open up the rig and remove diode D19 in the audio output stage. This diode biases the output stage off during transmit, but it is unnecessary because there are other audio gates ahead of this stage. Phil