[ICOM] ICOM repair?

[Stephen Budensiek]

Hello,
   I'm thinking the IC-32 has a lithium type backup battery.   I've
seen an old one partially short out on some of the other Icom radios,
so the battery pack couldn't keep it up either.   The radio would do
all kinds of stupid things with it microprocessor running at partial
voltage.   There was also a  generation of IC radio's that stored the
OS in volitile memory (IC271, IC471, IC1271, one of the Rxxxx
receivers maybe R4000?, also I believe the IC751), if the battery and
backup battery ran down, the radio was stupid until the OS was
reloaded (not easy if you're not a tech, can't load ram or proms - you
had to replace the lithium battery, then reload the OS, or send it to
Icom for reprogram).

73's de Stephen, K0SD in TX

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On Tue, Jan 11, 2011 at 1:08 PM, C.Whitaker <whitaker at pa.net> wrote:
> de WB2CPN
> My IC-32AT went insane yesterday.
> It was laying on the table, turned OFF, and during
> the night it turned itself ON and ran the battery down.
> A new battery makes the radio do all kind of weird
> things, jumping from one screen to another.
> I'll go down the list and see if anyone will repair it.
> I know it's old.  But I like it, and have a few extra
> batteries here, so I'm not in a mood to trash can it.
> Any one have any better ideas?
> The T70A is nice, but I can't handle the fonts ICOM
> used on the screen.  A "T" shouldn't look like an "L".
> 73  Clete
>
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