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Icom 7410 CTRL board

Alexis Mercado

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Hi. I am looking for a good Icom 7410 CTRL board. It controls both antenna inputs and the AT. See the picture. It says B- 7158G CTRL.
Maybe another Icom HF transceiver use it but I haven’t had luck finding one. Thanks in advance for the help you may provide.
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I don't have one, but I am curious what's wrong with that board. I see a red mystery wire, and one of the relays looks like it met someone with a desire to remove it forcefully with a needle nose pliar.

Digikey does have that relay for $2.53. Do you know what was done to it and what is wrong with it?
 
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I don't have one, but I am curious what's wrong with that board. I see a red mystery wire, and one of the relays looks like it met someone with a desire to remove it forcefully with a needle nose pliar.

Digikey does have that relay for $2.53. Do you know what was done to it and what is wrong with it?
Something was wrong with the board and a technician did that modification to the board to make it work. It only lasted a few days. Indeed, I think is one of those relays. For me, the relays’ plastic cover look overheated. The technician told it was probably an electrical discharge or over voltage
 
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For future repairs, find a new "technician".

Looks to me that someone questioned the health of that relay, tried to remove it, and when they realized they couldn't, they tried to force the cover off to get a look at the relay contacts. Been there, done that lol. Had the "tech" succeeded, the plastic tabs would have broke and the cover never would have went back on. Don't go back to him for at least a decade, he's not done wrecking stuff to learn on.

If I had a schematic, I would try to figure out what that red wire is connected to to see what else may have been damaged. If something else got damaged, there is a chance a thermal camera could find it because the bad part will either get unreasonably hot or not change a single degree when powered. If you can't find a replacement board, put it away until you find a real tech.

My advice in the short term is to order that relay and have it with the radio for when you are able to ship it out for repair. At least if that relay becomes discontinued, you'll have it already and the new tech can't charge you $30 for it..
 
I don't have one, but I am curious what's wrong with that board. I see a red mystery wire, and one of the relays looks like it met someone with a desire to remove it forcefully with a needle nose pliar.

Digikey does have that relay for $2.53. Do you know what was done to it and what is wrong with it?
Can you give me the link?
 
Icom Authorized Repair Center – Michigan
SAR Technical Services, Inc.
1792 Nash Drive
St. Joseph, MI 49085
Phone: (269) 429-2334

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