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                                                         IC-V8 / T3H

                         Receive and Transmit Expansion Mod

                                           136  -  174  Mhz
                                           Not all versions will get full range.

  This modification was very easy to do. For me, I only de-soldered half the diode and left it sticking up.

   

 

              

     73's Jerry

 

I found two things that might be helpful to others doing the modification:
 
 
1)   My eyes are 72 years old and I needed a hi-intensity light source and a magnifying glass to see the diode D48.
2)   I found I could make a tool from a steel tube I had from an old cheep folding chair. I filed two tits in the end of the tube to match the two slots in the antenna nut. The tube is just the right inside diameter to fit over the antenna BNC connector and engage the slots in the nut.
3)   However when the diode was removed and the unit assembled, I turned it on but it would not transmit on any frequency!!! The solution was to turn it off and press MONI and Fun-c-A together for 3 seconds.
Then when I turned it back on it works great.
 
Dwight
WA7DS