[ICOM] Icom 706 MKIIG cap/mars mod

[kc7hkp at comcast.net]

Clete
Thats the best idea of the year , put in a small switch so you can disable the all band transmit if you sell your rig, I do not think anyone holds on to there radio for ever, Even if i think i will never sale it you probable do some time down the road.
Super Idea , Good Work

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KC7HKP 
George Yazzolino 
14801 NE 20th Circle 
Vancouver, Wa. 98684 
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-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: C Whitaker <whitaker at pa.net> 

> 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 
> 
> 
> 
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