[ICOM] IC-735 VCO Cap Replacement - ???

Jim Hargrave w5ifp at gvtc.com
Sat Feb 27 14:46:03 EST 2010


Well, it is a little tedious. I replaced the pins on about a dozen 22s
including my three that I used on the packet BBS for about 10 yrs.
I have owned 2 IC-245's and did both of them. A friend had a  IC-211 and it
had the same problem. There were probably others in that time frame.

ICOM in their infinite wisdom used two sided boards and they were not plated
thru. They used common household sewing pins, soldered in and the bottom cut
off. A dental tool worked great for lifting them out. I replaced all of the
pins with a short copper wire and never had any problems with them after
that.

   73's  Jim - W5IFP
    w5ifp at gvtc.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Mike Olbrisch
> Sent: Saturday, February 27, 2010 1:30 PM
> To: 'ICOM Reflector'
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] IC-735 VCO Cap Replacement - ???
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>
> OUCH - that will not be a fun job.....
>
> Mike - KD9KC.
> El Paso, Tx.
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> > Hi Mike,
> >
> > Now if your talking about the IC-22s and IC-245 with 13
> corroded steel feed
> > thru pins in the synthesizer board, that's another story.
> >
> >    73's  Jim - W5IFP
> >     w5ifp at gvtc.com
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