[Icom] Re: ICOM IC756PRO HF MOD

Wed, 25 Jun 2003 18:43:28 -0400

Oh, yes!

I want to make sure the modification doesn't make six meters go away!

This rig works nicely on six...

73

DR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David J. Ring Jr - N1EA" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Cc: "David J. Ring, Jr., N1EA" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 6:40 PM
Subject: ICOM IC756PRO HF MOD

> I have a IC-756PRO purchased last year in March 2002 at a midwestern USA
ham
> store.
>
> From what I gather by reading the postings on www.mods.de I believe by
> removing  diodes 3751 and 3752, I can open up the radio so that it will
> generate RF on all HF frequencies.  I also see that there is a problem
with
> using the new 5 MHz frequencies because of the bandpass filter (the 2 to 6
> Mhz bandpass filter starts not passing rf at around 5.0 MHz.).
>
> I have a 756PRO intended for the USA market, but I am unable to find any
> notation on the circuit board that says it is a version 2 and not a
version
> 3 which requires a different modification.
>
> Could someone tell me how I can be sure this is the correct mod for my
> radio?
> Can someone tell me how I can find the version of my radio, or is version
2
> the only version distributed in the USA ?
>
> Please reply to [email protected] - thanks!  I have put my email in the CC
> address, so maybe "reply to all" will include that address.
>
> 73
>
> David J. Ring, Jr., N1EA
> http://www.qsl.net/n1ea
> http://www.qrz.com/callsign?callsign=n1ea
>
> -30-
>
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