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- MODIFICATIONS FOR THE ICOM IC251
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- SSB & CW VARIABLE POWER
- Place set with the controls towards you and remove lid. If necessary check FM
- and CW power.
- Connect set to known good dummy load and power meter.
- Find R13 and R14 on the small board behind the front panel RF power control.
- With RF power control on max, TX on FM and adjust RH pot(R13) for 10-12
- watts.
- Turn RF power control fully down and adjust LH pot(R14) for desired low power
- setting (min 200mW).
- Short key jack at rear of set, switch to CW, TX and adjust R129 for 10-12
- watts the same as on FM.
- Switch off power.
- Locate the brown wire to the left of the Xtal filter, it runs from next to
- R258 to near R327 and is marked with a small b on the main unit board layout
- diagram.
- Cut this wire at the front end and solder to the emitter of Q65 or the purple
- lead marked I on the main unit layout.
- Solder the slider of a 4.7k preset to the LH end of the resistor behind R14,
- then solder a 3.3k resistor to one leg of the preset.
- Run a wire from this resistor to the top of R272 (scrape the paint off before
- attempting to solder).
- Switch on.
- Switch to CW, TX and with front panel RF power control fully down adjust
- the 4.7k preset for desired low power level (min 200mW).
- SSB power is the same as CW.
- The front panel control now affects both FM,CW & SSB power levels.
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- VOX ON FM
- Place the set with the controls towards you, remove lid.
- Locate R290 on the main board; it is just behind the CW delay control.
- Cut this resistor and insert a 1N4148 diode in series with it, the anode
- should be away from the resistor.
- Connect another diode (1N4148) to R290 then connect its anode to the board on
- the back of the rf power control.
- The VOX switch will now work on FM.
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- EXTENDED FREQUENCY RANGE
- Place the set with the controls facing away from you, remove lid.
- Locate D52 on the Driver unit (top LH corner on the diagram, the side nearest
- the edge of the set) this will not be present so solder a 1N4148 diode in
- this space.
- The set will now cover 143.800 to 148.199MHz on TX and RX.
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- NB the PI board layout diagram is incorrect in 3 manuals I have seen so
- beware!
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- Julian G6LOH @ GB7BIL
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