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- Date: 9 Oct 89 13:37:06 GMT
- Subject: Extended xmit mod for the Icom IC-u2AT handheld
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- Extended TX mod for the Icom IC-u2AT
-
- This mod will extend the transmit range of the u2AT from 139 Mhz to
- about 161 Mhz (maybe further if you adjust the PLL). You'll be working
- with a surface mount PCB, so you will need a fine point soldering iron
- and a very steady hand. And you will need one diode, like a 1N914, or
- a tinyier one if you can get it.
-
- You must have the service manual to help you identify where the new diode is
- to go. Review all the below with the manual before you reach for your
- screwdriver and soldering iron!
-
- >remove the battery pack.
- >remove 4 screws that hold the sliding guide that the battery pack mounts on.
- This is the piece of metal that frames the PL tone switches.
- >remove the sliding guide. Be careful that you don't lose the battery release
- button.
- >there's a screw on the left side of the HT just below the light switch.
- Remove it.
- >CAREFULLY pry the front panel up. There's speaker wires AND a flexable lead
- that goes to the front panel.
- >There's a shielded PCB that these leads run to. Carefully pry this up. It
- will then fold down. There's several flexable leads at the bottom.
- >You should see the CPU now.
- With the manual, locate where D113, D119, Q131 are.
- >Where the new diode goes is not marked in the diagram of the CPU PCB. Locate
- the anodes of D119. This land connects to pin 27 of the CPU chip ic101.
- Locate the cathode of D113. This land connects to pin 20 of the CPU chip.
- These diodes are SMDs, and do not look like what you'd expect diodes to look
- like.
- >In the area between Q131, D119, D113, and the CPU chip, you should see
- a set of 3 solder pads that form a trianglular pattern that would accept a 3
- legged SMD, like the neighboring diodes and transistors. One of these pads
- connects to the anodes of D119. The new diode's anode goes to this pad.
- Another pad connects to the cathode of D113. The cathode of the new diode
- goes here. This means that the new diode cathode will connect to pin 20 of
- the CPU, and that the anode will connect to pin 27 of the CPU.
- >Carefully prepare the diode leads to line up with the proper pads, and take
- care that when you solder it on, you don't short to something. Also, take
- anti-static precautions. I used a bit of double-sticky-foam tape to hold the
- diode in place when I soldered it. And I left the tape to help keep it in
- place after I was done. Be sure that you will be able to replace the PCB you
- pried up, without it touching the diode.
- >Reassemble the rig.
- >Do a CPU reset. That is: Turn the power on while holding the light switch
- down.
- >You should be able to xmit between 139 to about 160 Mhz. You could tweak the
- PLL to extend it further, but I didn't do this. The xmit power will be lower
- on the higher freqs.
-
- Disclaimers: Be sure to have the proper permits for out of band operations.
- And, do this mod at your own risk! WA2ISE
-
- 73s
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- Copied from the QRZ! Windows Ham Radio CDROM
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