[ICOM] thanks to Joe Burch K3JLS for his great help

[Gary Fiber]

On Tuesday 29 December 2009 11:15:02 pm Fern wrote:
>     I wish to thank a very talented Joe Burch K3JLS for helping me with
>  sorting out one of my IC-745 transceiver. I'd acquired that rig years ago
>  as a non working unit. I had isolated it to a bad logic board. Since I
>  could not find an original IC-745 logic board, I eventually sprung for one
>  out of a parted out IC-751 on epay. Nobody could tell me if it would
>  work.....yes not even Scott from MTS. I modified the 751 logic board to be
>  exactly like the correct one for the 745 and yes it does work. The board
>  out of the 751 also has an extra IC (IC4)which has to be removed plus a
>  number of jumpers which are missing and some of the jacks which have to 
be
>  swapped over from the original logic board. Seasons Greetings to all from
>  Fern  VE7GZ
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Good Work Fern and Joe. I am sure we never tired swapping a 751 logic board 
into a 745 during my time at Icom America.

Gary K8IZ