Subject: BAND EXPANSION MODIFICATION FOR ICOM MICRO2 =====

1.  Remove battery.

2.  Remove 4 screws securing battery.  Slide from front panel.

3.  Remove small black screw below PTT switch.

4.  Carefully separate the front speaker from the body by pulling front

    and rear down toward battery.  Flip it over.

5.  Next remove steel chassis assembly by gently prying up the sides,

    lift up, fold it down.

6.  Solder in new diode next to Q131 and Diode D113.  Looking at Diode

    Matrix with top of radio to the top,  add diode to the empty pad to

    the left of diode D119.  There are 3 points of connection on the

    diode pad.  Two on the left and one centered vertically on the right.

    The diode should be installed between the lower left and the right

    centered connection. (Arrow on diode points to right centered connection.)

7.  Reset CPU by following instruction manual page 23.



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