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SERVICE MANUAL UHF TRANSCEIVER iF610 iF620 iF621...
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VERSION SYMBOL INTRODUCTION Europe This service manual describes the latest service information Europe (MPT) for the IC-F610, IC-F620 and IC-F621 UHF TRANSCEIVERS Europe (BIIS) at the time of publication. IC-F610 General General (MPT) To upgrade quality, any electrical or mechanical parts and...
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SECTION 3 DISASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS • Removing the front unit Unscrew 4 screws A, and remove the bottom cover. Lift up the front part of the main unit and remove it. Disconnect the flat cable B from J2. Unscrew 2 screws c, and remove the front unit. •...
SECTION 4 CIRCUIT DESCRIPTION 4-1 RECEIVER CIRCUITS 4-1-3 1ST MIXER AND 1ST IF CIRCUITS (MAIN UNIT) 4-1-1 ANTENNA SWITCHING CIRCUIT (MAIN UNIT) The 1st mixer circuit converts the received signals to a fixed The antenna switching circuit functions as a low-pass filter frequency of the 1st IF signal with the PLL output frequency.
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The 2nd IF signal from the 2nd mixer section (IC1, pin 3) 4-1-6 RECEIVER MUTE CIRCUITS (MAIN UNIT) passes through a ceramic filter (FI2) to remove unwanted • NOISE SQUELCH heterodyned frequencies. It is then amplified at the limiter The noise squelch circuit cuts out AF signals when no RF amplifier section (IC1, pin 5) and applied to the quadrature signals are received.
The RF signal from the drive amplifier (Q8) is applied to the fied signals are passed through the compressor, low-pass power module (IC3) to obtain 25 W (for IC-F610/F620, 45 W; filter and high-pass filter sections and then output from pin 9 for IC-F621) of RF power.
4-3 PLL CIRCUITS 4-4 POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS 4-3-1 PLL CIRCUIT LINE DESCRIPTION A PLL circuit provides stable oscillation of the transmit fre- The voltage from a DC power supply. quency and receive 1st LO frequency. The PLL output com- pares the phase of the divided VCO frequency to the refer- The same voltage as the HV line which is ence frequency.
4-5 OTHER CIRCUITS 4-6 PORT ALLOCATIONS 4-5-1 COMPANDER CIRCUIT (MAIN UNIT) 4-6-1 OUTPUT EXPANDER (FRONT UNIT; IC1) IC-F610 series have compander circuit which can improve S/ Port N ratio and become wide dynamic range. The circuit is com- Description number name posed in the compander IC (IC14).
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4-6-3 CPU (MAIN UNIT; IC2) Port Port Description Description number name number name I/O port for data signal to the D/A con- Input port for the microphone mute DSDA verter (IC7). signal from the optional unit via J1. MMUT Low: The microphone audio is Outputs strobe signals to the D/A con- DAST muted.
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Port Description number name Input port for the MAP27 data signals XTXD from the connected unit via the exter- nal connector (J9). Outputs the MAP27 data signals for XRXD the connected unit via the external connector (J9). Outputs the NMEA data signals for NTXD the connected unit via external con- nector (J8).
SECTION 5 ADJUSTMENT PROCEDURES 5-1 PREPARATION When adjusting IC-F610, IC-F620 or IC-F621, one of the following optional adjustment software and JIG CABLE (modified OPC-1122 ; see illustration page 5-5) are required. CLONING CABLE • CS-F500 ADJ (Rev. 2.0 or later): [CONV], [BIIS] versions: •...
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• CS-F500 ADJ'S SCREEN EXAMPLE CS-F500 ADJ Rev.2.0 File Option COM 1: OPEN Connect Reload (F5) Disp para [A / D] [D / A] : 156 : 9Ch : 12.24 V BPF T1 : 50 : 32h : 0.98 V TEMPS : 187 : BBh : 30.81 'C BPF T2 : 50 : 32h :...
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• CS-F600(MPT) ADJ'S SCREEN EXAMPLE CS-F500 ADJ Rev.1.0 File Option COM 1: OPEN Connect Reload (F5) Disp para [A / D] [D / A] : 156 : 9Ch : 12.24 V BPF T1 : 50 : 32h : 0.98 V TEMPS : 187 : BBh : 30.81 'C BPF T2 : 50 : 32h :...
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• CS-F620TR ADJ'S SCREEN EXAMPLE NOTE: The above values for settings are example only. Each transceiver has its own specific values for each setting. : Transceiver's connection state : PLL lock voltage : FM deviation : Receive sensitivity (manually) : Reload adjustment data : Operating channel select : CTCSS/DTCS deviation : Reference frequency...
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RF power meter DC power supply FM deviation meter Standard signal generator 50 Ω / 1–75 W 13.6 (13.2) V / 20 A (DC measurable) –127 to –17 dBm (0.1 V to 32 mV) Attenuator Frequency 50 dB or 60 dB counter CAUTION: to DC cable...
5-2 PLL ADJUSTMENT MEASUREMENT ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT CONDITION VALUE UNIT LOCATION UNIT ADJUST PLL LOCK 1 • Operating CH : CH1 MAIN C o n n e c t a d i g i t a l 1.0 V MAIN C133 VOLTAGE •...
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5-3 SOFTWARE ADJUSTMENT (TRANSMITTING) Select an operation using [↑] / [↓] keys, then set specifi ed value using [←] / [→] keys on the connected computer keyboard. MEASUREMENT ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT CONDITION VALUE UNIT LOCATION REFERENCE 1 • Operating CH : CH7 Rear Loosely couple a frequency 430.0000 MHz [L]...
SOFTWARE ADJUSTMENT (RECEIVING) • Select an operation using [↑] / [↓] keys, then set specifi ed value using [←] / [→] keys on the connected computer keyboard. • Need to adjust "S-METER ADJUSTMENT" after "RX SENSITIVITY ADJUSTMENT" is adjusted. Otherwise , "S-METER ADJUSTMENT" will not be adjusted properly. MEASUREMENT ADJUSTMENT ADJUSTMENT CONDITION...
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SECTION 8 SEMI-CONDUCTOR INFORMATION • TRANSSISTORS AND FET’S • DIODES 2SB1132 T100 R 2SC3356 R24 T2B 2SC4116 BL 2SC4213 B 2SC4215 O DA221 TL DAN222TL HVC350B HVC362 MA2S111 (Symbol: BAR) (Symbol: R24) (Symbol: LL) (Symbol: AB) (Symbol: QO) (Symbol: K) (Symbol: N) (Symbol: B0) (Symbol: V2)
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SECTION 9 BOARD LAYOUTS 9-1 FRONT UNIT • TOP VIEW VOLUME Horizonal Microphone 9 - 1...
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• BOTTOM VIEW (FRONT UNIT) to MAIN unit J2 Horizonal 9 - 2...
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9-2 MAIN UNIT • TOP VIEW to DC power to speaker to Optional cable OPC-822 DISC to Optional cable OPC-617 PAAF *except [LTR] HORN* to FRONT unit J2 to Optional unit Horizonal 9 - 3...
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