Great work but small tip on the soldering, the very first thing is to add some flux, as another person mentioned the old solder is oxidized and flux helps with that by eating through the oxidation, once you add flux, you want to ADD solder to the joint first, the reason in addition to the oxidation, is that modern electronics use lead free solder which has a higher melting point then leaded, (IE requires more heat to remove etc) by adding leaded solder to the joint first it mixes the leaded and lead free to create an alloy (I think it's called Roses alloy but don't quote me on that) that has a FAR lower melting temp then even the leaded making it much easier to remove. You can then GENTLY lift and alternately heat, or as someone mentioned use a solder sucker to remove the old battery. After that use wick to remove any leftover solder on the pads and tin the pads with fresh leaded solder. As for the actual iron work, get rid of the conical tip on your iron, for soldering wires together or doing through hole work they are ok, but for this it does not put enough heat where it's needed, reason being is that the tip is small and can only thermal transfer so much heat... Chisel tips are your friend here (Small chisel tip). The pad that ripped is on the ground side, if you were to remove all the solder mask and look underneath, you would see that the ground side is a lot of copper running all over the board, basically it acts like a big heat sink and needs a LOT more heat to melt the solder (All that copper absorbs the heat before the solder can melt) using a Chisel tip puts MORE heat right on the solder joint making it easier (Also your heat was too low :) ) Not nitpicking, just want to help :)
Very nice video! Subbed liked. I orderd the yellow, and make an bigger antenna like you. Maybe whe talk someday 😂 Greetings from holland the netherlands 🇳🇱
Seriously, this micro-battery has to be the biggest STOOOOPID mistake that Icom ever put into production. What idiot thought that little tiny battery was a good idea?
Hello Clay Very nice, got the same but different coming, Thingkk the UV-K5 (8). europe model I read somewhere or something like that. or You have the K6 in N America. everyone get the K5 8. Might leave it as it is or try the different firmware as you did. Leads cheap enough, had one or two back in the day. OK some years ago with the good old baofengs as you got. Then the Yaesu digital thing. July 2022, cheapest they did for Fusion. That went on Ebay the other week. Nothing left now the car and handheld went. Not had home rig. Handheld on a nice stand went into outside antenna on end of the house. Now this chinas finest transciever! on the way. Have a radio again. Why I sold the Yaesu and drone that died so not 100% working, controller had a problem, things sold. New radio from AliExpress coming and a cheap lead. Something to play with. Got a radio playlist. in UK. Radio a bit dead around here when nice and high up above town, walk away. Can see 15 miles, repeaters 10 and 13 miles in the open direction if that, nothing. I sold the lot in a temper!. Now this cheap thing on way so something on days out, holidays. Not so much at home, waste of time :(
*huge* apparently this particular model could TX on CB correctly, but I'm skeptical. I only found one testing it on CB and the UV-K6 output was a decent 4watts contrary to the other models?
It will tx on it if you unlock it. I don't know for sure how much power it would actually transmit. I have heard the spurs are bad when tx in 11 or 10m.
I would have invented many new hyphenated words of exclamation with this one. I am enjoying my new V115, and will now be very mindful to treat it extremely well, so as to avoid reaching my boiling point. You deserve a medal for staying so cool!
Morning all, an idea just came to me, I dont know if it would work or not, the battery on the IC 7300, if it goes flat, well as you know you dont have to turn it on to keep it charged up, just have 12v at the socket at the back, what about making up a 12v power pack out of say 8 x AA batteries and connect it across the power lead at the back, with a diode in the line so they dont get charged up when on...wonder if that would work, or would there be some drain on them all the time that would flatten them..might be easier than modifying the battery system..i wonder...F.
Check out the green goblin replica truck on social media. You might find them near you. It's definitely worth seeing in person. Pat Miller, who played Joey in the movie has been touring with them. He has some great stories about filming and Stephen King!
It's definitely a radio that is inspiring new users. Lets hope enough people get them to local chatter. Also look into IJV ver 3 firmware, that can also be flashed. Also backup your radio's core calibration setting with K5prog, since it's new.
my mode button doesn't work to change to voice recording mode. It works to "lock" it. Has anyone found a reset button anywhere? Does anyone know how to update the "firmware" if that is a possible fix....
Big fat knuckles are in the way should have set the camera above the radio to look straight down on the job. Soldering iron with a little bigger tip would have worked better. I think I would have made sure of the voltage of the old one before removing it. Figure out what is + and -? Should be able to bridge onto the spec of board that is left for the ground. I would have used some shrink wrap on the ends of the wire so they cannot short out to anything near by. and then slide the battery behind the face or shorten the wires and put the battery right behind the face or in the same space that your working in. I do not like going over the perdition where the case could clamp onto the wires and possible short out later on down the road. I think I would have checked it for voltages and connections before putting the cases back on the radio.
cowabunga, dude. great humour too. my reTEKess just flaked out 😵 same symptom. 5085, kewl. have same cute soldering iron. so now I'm enthused. like ya say, you can only try. fun, and no Holy Smoke. Kudos. 😆
My 7300 clock does this too. I’m going to leave well enough alone as I’m not good at soldering. It’s unbelievable that Icom put such a tiny battery inside a radio I intend to keep 10 years. Meanwhile my PC that I will keep 2 years has a battery that will last 10 years. Go figure.
Electronic butchery? Absolutely not! This works just as good as new several years later! Would you have done this yourself or paid someone to do it for you??? 73, KO4MEX
Thank you for posting this. When I do this, I’m going to solder 2 battery holders in parallel. That way when I go to replace it (hopefully I’ll remember to do it before it dies) I can add the new battery alongside the old on and then remove the old one without losing battery power and memory stuff.
The problem you had when trying to unsolder the battery was that you were trying to pry off the batter before you let the solder get melted. This is common with alot of people getting into a hurry. Not saying you were. But if you would take your time and do one pad at a time and let it heat properly it would have came off with no problem. This is a very good way to replace your backup battery the system you used. I use double sided sticky take and mount it on the inside of the chassis. And NEVER mount it on top of another component like I have seen some people do in some videos. Hope its still working for you!
I like the video on the tech involved. I don't mean to discourage you from honing your skills, but honestly that looked like a rookie hack job. Some of these other guys have some good advice. Invest in a rework station, some kestor flux, a solder sucker, and some wicking braid. Coax shield will work for wicking braid in a pinch. 73
I appreciate your words of advice. I was traveling for work at the time and didn't have a whole lot to work with. Definitely some better tools are on the horizon. 73.
É muito facil fazer esta troca basta usar um ferro de solda de 40w e por um pingo de solda em cima da bateria que ela sai muito facil, voce detonou a placa devia enfiar o cabeção dentro da agua ..kkkkkk
I baught a charger that plugs on the wall ..so I even got a extra cell. ..one sets in the wings as the other plays on even going out on camping buying a cuple extra cells was a good investment. 😊 I'm 72 and my eyes aren't that good. Good luck on. De odn_1
