home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- copied from the Internet:
- Newsgroups: rec.radio.amateur.misc
- From: jon@Turing.ORG (Jon Gefaell (KD4CQY))
- >> My Icom ICW2A can be modified via the keyboard (no cutting diodes) to
- >> receive 100MHz - 1.2GHz.
-
- Ah, the truth of the matter is that with the keyboard mod you can receive
- (turn power on while holding 3, B and # keys
-
- ~108-136 AM (Air band)
- ~136-174 FM
- ~450-950 FM (including Cellular W/ a 30Kc step available)
-
- It works quite nicely to boot...
- =========================================================================
- more info copied from the internet:
- From: Jim_Sollows@mindlink.bc.ca (Jim Sollows)
- AH the truth of the matter is that if you set PL to 100 you can enter and
- recieve any frequency between 100MHz and 999MHz, then by rotating the tuning
- dial you can push the radio beyond the 1GHz mark and keyboard enter all the way
- to 1.2GHz.
-
- Here is the complete Mod....try it for yourself.
-
- Hold Down 3 # B
- Turn power on
- Hold for 30 seconds
- Enter Set Mode
- Use ^/Scan key to select PL
- Use tuning dial to change the PL Setting as below:
-
- PL = 1 range 140.000 to 149.995
- PL = 10 range 100.000 to 199.995
- PL = 100 range 100.000 to 999.995
- note reception above 999.995MHz and below 100.000MHz is
- possible but very poor selectivity.
- ========================================================================
- Note: I haven't tried or verified this, proceed at your own risk WA2ISE
- /EX
- /EX
- /EX
-