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- Date: 13 Jan 89 19:24:00 GMT
- Subject: R7000 Display/Sensitivity Problem
-
- If you are having trouble with you Icom R7000 display being flaky
- and then a sudden decress in sensitivity try the following:
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- PROBLEM: ICOM R7000 radios that are used 24 hours a day for a long time
- (2 years ) when shut off the display will become flaky and it
- is also possible for a lost in overall gain (3 to 40 db).
-
- SOLUTIONS: Officially there is ICOM ECO SB# 9288-004, attached below.
-
- Unofficially from Tech who repairs R7000
- The ECO does help the display problem, but most likely
- it is not the problem. *
-
- * note repairing your own radio my void you warranty and only
- allow a qualified technician to do the job, otherwise damage
- could happen to your R7000. If the VCO does not track then a
- major alignment would have to be done after. Check the
- ICOM IC-R7000 Service Manual for more details before starting
- this repair, and to make sure I have not made any typeing errors
- you should get a copy of the ECO from ICOM !
-
- 1st SOLUTION:
- Replace on the DC to DC Board the following capacitor.
- Check the noise with an oscilloscope on both sides of
- R3, if the noise is not way down on one side then
- replace C2 a 33uf 16V capacitor. Noise feedback
- can decress the overall sensitivity of the R7000.
-
- Replace on the Display Board
- C19 and C20 a 10 uf 16VDC capacitor
-
- I found that on my R7000 C19 & C20 were the cause of my
- display problems. They are 10 uf eletrolytics capacitors
- that are lemmon yellow pc mounted units, when they go bad
- the base of the yellow caps change to a brown color.
-
- I put in the following ECO first but it did not help. If
- you look at the service manual you will see that the ECO
- values are on the schematic but my unit had the old values.
- I suggest that you check the above first, it is a lot easier
- to do, C19/C20 can be done in 10-15 min while the ECO will
- take about a hour.
-
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- 2nd SOLUTION: The ECO
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-
- ICOM America, INc
- 2380-116th Ave, N.E.
- Bellevue, Washington 98004
- 206-454-7619
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- SERVICE BULLETIN
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- UNIT MODEL R7000
- SB# 9288-004
- EFFECTIVE DATE 4/1/88
- SERIAL # AFFECTED: ALL
- PRODUCT GROUP: Amateur
-
- BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
- Display failure do to weak components
-
- TECHNICAL INFORMATION:
- Improvement in DC to DC converter and display power supply.
-
- PARTS AFFECTED BOARD TYPE CHANGE TO NEW PART NUMBER
- Q1/Q2 2SC 1214 DC to DC Board 2SC 2655 906-00385
- R1/R2 3.3 KOHM DC to DC Board 5.16 K 915-01173
- C3/C4 PF DC to DC Board 0.001 MF 50V 918-01500
- ceramic cap
- Q11/Q12 Display Board 2SC2655 906-00385
- R31/R32 3.3KOHM Display 5.16k Ohm 915-01173
- C13/C16 Display 0.001 MF 918-01500
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- DETAIL PROCEDURE:
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- 1. Remove top and bottom cover.
- 2. Remove front panel sub-assembly from main chassis of radio
- 3. Remove the DC to DC board and replace components as listed
- 4. Reinstall DC to DC board.
- 5. Replace front panel sub-assembly onto main chassis of radio
- 6. Replace top and bottom covers.
-
- ESTIMATE TIME TO COMPLETE IS 1 hour
-
- Page 2 of the ECO has a new schematic but no information
-
- --------------end of ECO--------------
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- Copied from the QRZ! Windows Ham Radio CDROM
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