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G8MNY  > TECH     15.01.19 11:42l 67 Lines 2822 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 54598_GB7CIP
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Subj: IC 735 Battery Backup Mod
Path: IW8PGT<IR2UBX<F1OYP<F1OYP<JH4XSY<N3HYM<GB7YEW<GB7CIP
Sent: 190115/1026Z @:GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO #:54598 [Caterham Surrey GBR]
From: G8MNY@GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO
To  : TECH@WW

By G8MNY                               (New Jan 19)
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I have 2 of these old rigs, a heavily used one for /P use, club events, &
training courses etc. & a clean one in the shack.

SYMPTOMS
I found the 12 memories can occasionally be lost, as the old memory battery was
going flat.

SIMPLE CURE
Looking inside I found the battery was not completely flat, but a soldered in
difficult to change type.

         D4
+5V>ÄÄ´>ĆÄÄÄæ             So I looked at the circuit
            ³             & found a very small
    Ś-10K-æ ³             trickle current, bridging around
    |     | ³             the battery steering diode D3,
 +ŚÄĮÄ´>ĆÄĮÄĮÄÄ>RAM       would bring back the battery to a
 _³_   D3       MEMORY    good voltage, & give many
  Ü                       more years of life.
 _³_BT1


FIXING IT
Access is fairly straight forward, but a few screws!
 1/ Remove power lead, remove top, & bottom covers, including the anti rattle 4
    screws around the LS.
 2/ Unscrew the 4 screws for PA unit, remove external Phono Rx patch lead,
    release the LS lead, RF drive lead from underside PCB & 2 other connectors
    to the upper PCB. then rotate the PA unit.
 3/ Look at the top PCB & locate the Disk battery BT1 & nearby diodes D3 & D4.
 4/ Measure the voltage on BT1 against earth. You should see 3.7V on the +lead.
    If you do a poor battery is not the fault!
 5/ Check that D3 has the same battery voltage one side & 0.3V less on the Ram
    side.
 6/ To apply the charging modification, tin both ends of D3 & carefully solder
    in a small 10K across it. The 10K limits charging current to just a few uA.
 7/ Now put everything on its side, & made power safe, power up the rig & check
    D3 volts. You should see 4.5V on the Ram side & an increasing battery
    voltage.
 8/ Reassemble & test memory stays OK for a few more years if the rig is used
    occasionally!


Also see tech buls "IC 735 No RF Output Fault", "PA instability in ICOM IC735" 
& "Autocaller with old Maplin kit".


Why don't U send an interesting bul?

73 de John G8MNY @ GB7CIP


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