[ICOM] Icom 706 MKIIG cap/mars mod

[Clif Holland]

Only one minor problem with your technique. If the solder doesn't break and 
the trace lifts then the radio doesn't work. The pad is part of a thru 
connection, no pad, no connection, no workee....

Clif Holland KA5IPF
www.avvid.com




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C Whitaker" <whitaker at pa.net>
To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 12:58 PM
Subject: Re: [ICOM] Icom 706 MKIIG cap/mars mod


> 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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