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- ICR7000.3
-
- R7000 Scan Circuits
-
- The scan rate of the R7000 is determined, in part, by a
- simple clock outside the microprocessor. The front
- panel SCAN SPEED rheostat and resistor R18 (and other
- components in the LOGIC UNIT) control the speed of this
- clock. The clock output is connected to what appears
- to be an input port on the microprocessor. The upshot
- is that we can affect the scan rate without affecting
- the other chores performed by the microprocessor.
-
- The modification consists simply of soldering a 470,000
- ohm resistor across the leads of resistor R18 on the
- LOGIC UNIT circuit board.
-
- How was the value of 470,000 ohms chosen? Experimenta-
- tion with different resistor values showed that for
- values both above and below 470,000 ohms, the R7000
- scan rate decreases. Not having the R7000 Service
- Manual, I assume this can be explained by the firmware
- within the microprocessor associated with the scan rate
- input port.1
-
- Adding the 470,000 ohm resistor in parallel with R18,
- rather than just replacing R18, has a few advantages:
-
- 1. The modification is easily undone, returning the
- radio to stock condition.
-
- 2. The LOGIC UNIT board does not have to be removed,
- as would be the case if R18 was unsoldered from
- the foil side.
-
- CONTINUED IN FILE ICR7000.1 - REQUEST FROM SERVER
-