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try this link

See the following link.

http://www.pacparts.com/part.cfm?CFID=697354&CFTOKEN=37151963

Kenwood sells the module for about 68.00 dollars. Toshiba apparently redesigned the module.

I had purchased a spare about three months ago for my alinco DR605TQ. The original finally died last night and I replaced it 10 miutes later and had the rig back on the air.

The following link is a webpage that has a large number of service manuals to repair radio with.

 

 

http://kb2ljj.serveftp.com/
 

The ICOM 718 service manual is here on this site. With alot of other stuff.

VE7TKO:


I think you can have all the fun you want. THe change to digital will in my opinion be a slow one. Analog repeaters will not be able work with DSTAR.

Most ham radio clubs are limited in budget and will not have the funds to change the machines over to DSTAR. That is alot of work

Secondly I am not willing to get rid of all my analog radios just to go digital.

I have alot a money tied up in the equipment that I already have, and it works. Really well. So at this point I have no real reason or incentive to change.

I hope you do have fun with the hobbie. There is no question DSTAR Technology works. It will just cost me to much to change.

Why does it matter when the post was made? The transistor was made by motorola not be ICOM. Motorola was the one who stopped making the part.

This is not ICOM's fault. I would however talk to Scott Malcom, and ask him for his opinion. He seems to be the only ICOM expert in Western Washington.

I does not make sense for ICOM to buy part from a rival company. Go figure.

Looks like there were several factors at work here.  From the TCFMC website:
 
"LATE BREAKING NEWS!!!*****
Hamfest Minnesota 2005 Cancelled
In light of the current economy of amateur radio, poor turnout at hamfests across America (even Dayton),
and the last few years of low response in our area, it has been decided to not hold Hamfest Minnsota in 2005."
 

The F3 case is for the F3 radio which is the same case as the T2H. The f3g and the V8 Look exactly the same except the F3G is the commercail version of the V8.

Steve
KJ7YL

The Final change is not a fault of ICOM. The original transistor part number srfj7044 were manufactured by Motorola. Motorola decided to stop making this part and made it no longer availible.

The(rd70HVF)has a diffrent case style and does not physically fit on the board in place of the srfj7044. As a result the PA board had to be redesigned for the new transistor to be able to fit.

It will be interesting to see how this is worked out.