I thought I did everything right, flux, hot tweezers, etc. but still lifted the battery with the ground trace😒 I did not try to scrape off some of the trace upstream. Instead I just soldered onto ground to the nearby trace around a screw. I have the coin holder soldered in place ready for the battery, supposed to be here tomorrow. I hope this will work. After all a ground is a ground- right. 🤔

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 🇳🇱

il gatto dice radio costosa e per ciò mi prendo la scatola❤😂

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 :(

The replacements vibes

Awesome 👌

Heard the same thing today on 20m....

Well done and good looking, but wrong bumper.

I hear him on the Wilmington repeaters- locally filmed movie 👍🏻

Western Star

Thanks Clay, just flashed all four of my Shangs!!! that was TOO easy-----WOW, ! VE7RKJ.

When it looks that good it.. hard to call it a replica

icom ic 7300 repair ? voce detonou tudo, devia tungar seu cabeção em um taxo de melado

*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?

How long does it hold a charge with the new battery? Disconnected from the PSU

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!

I think the stock firm ware has a battery percentage. You can find that on the menu, you can also change that to volt battery too.

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.

Heard you on this net. Mynfirst time listening to a net. Youndid good. Im currently studying for tech. Im in surf city

I was hoping that this existed 😅

The Goblin Semi is number 1 in my book for all time best looking Vehicle for mobies, a close second is the 1958 Plymouth Fury Christine.

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.

OMG !!!!!!!! That Detroit Diesel is like music to my ears

The reason I don't buy second-hand radios or Icom

I'm located in NC and the station responding to me is in Texas.

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.

I almost couldn’t hear you the background music is too loud

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.

boucherie ou électronique ?😢

X-Tronic 8010-XTS DUAL Antistatic Digital Soldering Iron Station Kit $79 e-bay

You might put the City and state in the video name and get more views

Greetings from Japan 👍

the AC /DC song shake your foundation was used in maximum overdrive dixie boy destruction

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!

Flux flux flux

congrats on the IC7300. Mine will be coming in June.. been saving up for it.

this was amazing hitting the like button

That is pretty cool man.

Great video Clay, I did that 2 years ago I think. Was a great time. Hopefully I can do it next year.

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

Did anyone notice the guy at the 2:13 mark that had his own 20oz drink holder on his belt! GENIUS!

Let’s go!!!

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

@Classic Clay Presents *Never mind Apple stocks I see a screen shortage in the near future*