IC 7610 TX Mod US Version 

Just performed this mod on my 7610, and it works for me too. I used a tiny pair of wire snips to crush the diodes, instead of the soldering iron. My reasoning was, I have no intention of ever replacing the diodes, and undoing the mod, and even if I wanted to, I don't think I'd be able to re-solder them, because of how small they are. So the risk of introducing the heat of a soldering iron to the board didn't really have any advantages for me. The diodes were a lot for fragile than I thought they would be, and instantly fell apart with just a little bit of pressure from the snips. I ran a battery powered vacuum cleaner lightly over the board after this, to make sure there weren't any little pieces still floating around in there, that could short something out.

Thank you for making this video, It is greatly appreciated.

I did the mod on my rig but the diodes were so small that I couldn't use a soldering iron, so I took a very small pair of diagonal cutters and just crushed the diodes. Not the most professional thing I have ever done, but it worked.

Great video

you should not work on surface mount if you don't have the proper soldering equipment, to iron is way too big

Do the 6 meters band works after this mod? I just did the exact same mod and it opened the TX as it should but now the radio doesn’t go to 6 meters at all. Did a reset and nothing. There is the potential that is a Japan radio but it drives me crazy how it opened everything else.

I did the mod but it only opened it up from 1.6 to 30 Mhz. I was hoping it would open up down to 630 meters.

is this mod also open up to 27mhz (11meter band - cb) with the european 7610 version???

In this type of version, to open the send and receive, you have to act like other models, that is, by removing the diodes, it is possible to have the whole send and receive?

You need a smaller iron dude.....

ICOM IC-7610 #11

I am using an icon device with a Japanese version

AM mode there's no power output. Only SSB.

what improvements can you write by removing 2 diodes? Please tell me

Does this open up 11 meters?

непонятно зачем туда паяльником тыкал, просто ножом бы ковырял и все

ICOM IC-7610 #11