| |
G8MNY > TECH 13.12.22 11:09l 69 Lines 3171 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 35553_GB7CIP
Read: GUEST
Subj: IC 735 Battery Backup Mod
Path: IW8PGT<I3XTY<GB7COW<GB7CIP
Sent: 221213/1005Z @:GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO #:35553 [Caterham Surrey GBR]
From: G8MNY@GB7CIP.#32.GBR.EURO
To : TECH@WW
By G8MNY (Updated Jul 22)
(8 Bit ASCII graphics use code page 437 or 850, Terminal Font)
________________________________________________________
³ ŚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄæ ŚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄæ == == == ³
³ ßßßß == ³ \ ³ ³ Rx 14.273.5 vfo A 12³ _ _ ³
³ /~\ ĄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄŁ ĄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄŁ (_) (_) ³
³ \_/ ____ IC-735 ³
³ ßßß ~~~~~~""""""~~~ /' `\ ßßß /"~"\ [] ³
³ 0 ÜÜÜ |(~) | ÜÜÜ | | ³
³ Ž Ž Ž Ž Ž Ž ³ ~ ³ \._./ [] ³
³ /~~\ ßßß Ž Ž Ž Ž Ž Ž | | ßßß == == == ³
³ \__/ ÜÜÜ # # # # # # [] \.____./ ÜÜÜ [___] [___]³
ĄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄŁ
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. My cure is suitable for many rigs if the battery is difficult to
change & can still be revived with a very small charge current!
SIMPLE CURE
Looking inside I found the battery was not completely flat, & was a soldered in
type & difficult to change without removing the whole large PCB.
D4
+5V>ÄÄ´>ĆÄÄÄæ So I looked at the circuit & found
³ a very small trickle current,
Ś-10K-æ ³ bridging around the batt steering
| | ³ diode D3, would bring back the
+ŚÄĮÄ´>ĆÄĮÄĮÄÄ>RAM battery to give a good voltage,
_³_ D3 MEMORY & give many more years of life.
Ü Also lower battery volts is now needed
³ BT1 to corrupt RAM with 10K path there too.
ÄĮÄ
FIXING IT
Access is fairly straight forward, but a few screws!
1/ Remove power lead, remove top & bottom covers, including the 4 anti rattle
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 (with isolated not static iron) a small 10K across it. The 10K limits
charging current to just a few uA.
7/ Now put everything on its side, & make 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. It should do a many more years if the
rig is used occasionally!
Also see tech buls "IC 735 No RF Output Fault", "IC 735 No PA Bias Fault",
"PA instability in ICOM IC735" & "Autocaller with old Maplin kit".
Why don't U send an interesting bul?
73 de John G8MNY @ GB7CIP
Read previous mail | Read next mail
| |
