Alinco DX70 on 5MHz?

[Ian Wade G3NRW]

I want to modify my Alinco DX70 to transmit on 5MHz. I have already
discovered this:

http://www.hampedia.net/alinco/dx-70th-tx-and-rx-mod.php

It says that to "TX/RX everywhere remove both jumpers c and e", which
seems straightforward. However, in my radio, jumper e is already
missing, whereas in the black-and-white photo on the above site the
jumper e is in place.

So I want to be sure that jumpers c and e are indeed the right ones to
remove -- the "jumpers" are actually tiny SMD resistors, so I don't want
to make a mistake. Has anyone here successfully done this modification,
I wonder?

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73
Ian, G3NRW

[Brian Reay]

"Ian Wade G3NRW" <g3...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:vX2kHZDv...@ntlworld.com...

I suggest you try the 5MHz Yahoo group or the alinco_all one. If you're not
in these groups, I'm happy to ask for you. I find both groups quite useful
and free of the usual suspects. I suspect the difference you are seeing is
due to the country customisation done by Alinco before shipping. I assume
you've check that the 5MHz band falls within one of the band filters in the
radio, this is can be an issue with some radios.

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73
Brian G8OSN/W8OSN
www.g8osn.net

[luc...@eternal-flames.gov]

On Mon, 5 Apr 2010 09:29:35 +0100, Ian Wade G3NRW <g3...@yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:

>I want to modify my Alinco DX70 to transmit on 5MHz. I have already
>discovered this:
>
>http://www.hampedia.net/alinco/dx-70th-tx-and-rx-mod.php
>

Have a look at this page Ian (if you haven't already).

http://www.zerobeat.net/g3ycc/dx70.htm

Nick.