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Date: 13 Jan 89 19:24:00 GMT

Subject: R7000 Display/Sensitivity Problem



If you are having trouble with you Icom R7000 display being flaky

and then a sudden decress in sensitivity try the following:





PROBLEM:  ICOM R7000 radios that are used 24 hours a day for a long time

       (2 years ) when shut off the display will become flaky and it

           is also possible for a lost in overall gain (3 to 40 db).



SOLUTIONS:Officially there is ICOM ECO SB# 9288-004, attached below.



       Unofficially from Tech who repairs R7000

       The ECO does help the display problem, but most likely

       it is not the problem. *



* note repairing your own radio my void you warranty and only

  allow a qualified technician to do the job, otherwise damage

  could happen to your R7000.   If the VCO does not track then a

  major alignment would have to be done after. Check the

  ICOM IC-R7000 Service Manual for more details before starting

  this repair, and to make sure I have not made any typeing errors

  you should get a copy of the ECO from ICOM !



1st SOLUTION:

    Replace  on the DC to DC Board  the following capacitor.

    Check the noise with an oscilloscope on both sides of

    R3, if the noise is not way down on one side then

    replace C2 a 33uf 16V capacitor.   Noise feedback

    can decress the overall sensitivity of the R7000.



    Replace on the Display Board

    C19 and C20 a 10 uf 16VDC capacitor



     I found that on my R7000 C19 & C20 were the cause of my

     display problems.  They are 10 uf eletrolytics capacitors

     that are lemmon yellow pc mounted units, when they go bad

     the base of the yellow caps change to a brown color.



     I put in the following ECO first but it did not help.  If

     you look at the service manual you will see that the ECO

     values are on the schematic but my unit had the old values.

     I suggest that you check the above first, it is a lot easier

     to do, C19/C20 can be done in 10-15 min while the ECO will

     take about a hour.





2nd SOLUTION: The ECO





ICOM America, INc

2380-116th Ave, N.E.

Bellevue, Washington 98004

206-454-7619





SERVICE BULLETIN





UNIT MODEL        R7000

SB#            9288-004

EFFECTIVE DATE      4/1/88

SERIAL # AFFECTED:   ALL

PRODUCT GROUP:       Amateur



BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

    Display failure do to weak components



TECHNICAL INFORMATION:

    Improvement in DC to DC converter and display power supply.



PARTS AFFECTED    BOARD TYPE    CHANGE TO    NEW PART NUMBER

Q1/Q2 2SC 1214    DC to DC Board    2SC 2655    906-00385

R1/R2 3.3 KOHM    DC to DC Board    5.16 K        915-01173

C3/C4 PF    DC to DC Board    0.001 MF 50V    918-01500

                ceramic cap

Q11/Q12        Display Board    2SC2655        906-00385

R31/R32    3.3KOHM    Display     5.16k Ohm    915-01173

C13/C16        Display        0.001 MF    918-01500



DETAIL PROCEDURE:



 1.  Remove top and bottom cover.

 2.  Remove front panel sub-assembly from main chassis of radio

 3.  Remove the DC to DC board and replace components as listed

 4.  Reinstall DC to DC board.

 5.  Replace front panel sub-assembly onto main chassis of radio

 6.  Replace top and bottom covers.



ESTIMATE TIME TO COMPLETE IS  1 hour



Page 2 of the ECO has a new schematic but no information



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