[ICOM] PW1 and 10 meters

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Thanks to all for the tips (and discussion). In the end, Nike has it right, "Just do it". I rounded up a stand alone magnifier, a 15 watt soldering iron, my strong reading glasses, and a pair of tweezers with a rubber band around them to keep the diode under control. The diode was out in under a half hour total..

Oh, and there is some confusion among the parts list, schematics, and board layout as to which diode really comes out so it pays to review them all carefully first. In my vintage PW-1, the diode that needed to be removed was the only one in the area referenced by the mod data sheet, and matched the schematic.

73 Bruce W1CSM