[ICOM] Icom 706 MKIIG cap/mars mod

[C Whitaker]

de AFA1DJ, using ICOM equipment on USAF MARS for years.
Use the smallest iron you can find, and tweak the diode out with a
toothpick.  It'll probally fly off to someplace inside the chassis.
Another way is to put the smallest drop of 5-minute epoxy that'll fit
on the end of a toothpick, then hold the toothpick on the diode until
the glue hardens.  Now you have a handle.  If you use too much
glue you'll know.  There is a problem if you "unlock" the transmitter
for "out-of-band"  operation.  Now you are responsible if some
unauthorized person does just that, transmit on a frequency that they
shouldn't be.  You run a great risk if you pass the radio on to someone
else later.  Perhaps you'll want to trade it or whatever sometime.
When components weren't so small. like the 720 etc I've had, I always
placed a hidden toggle switch inside someplace so that the "out-of-band"
could be disaabled, such as for Field Day or JOTA when hands other
than mine are operating the radio.  60-Meters:  I worry more about the
band filters getting arcs or hot.  That'll depend upon the specific model
radio.       73   Clete