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Icom IC-751 (IC 751 IC751)
IC-751
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Icom IC-751 (IC 751 IC751) Switch Matrix

This following chart was generated by shorting out the matrix points and watching the function that is performed. Some are intuitive already from the schematic. There are only a couple of "extra" functions in the matrix (ie, USB and LSB, Reset 100&10 Hz [The TS switch does this as well]). The KEY? GENE switches (Y0) are accessed by the RC-10 controller, but I noticed that some "removed" circuitry in the rig was designed to switch the digit switches on the RC-10 controller to the KEY? HAM array (Y3), effectively making the switches directly access each band. However, the removed circuitry (a set of switching transistors) is replaced by a solid jumper to Y0 :-(. The "empty" slots in the following table showed no perceivable function.

The Y5 matrix, acted like it was shorting some other behavior out causing the rig to switch to the specific memory channels (you can observe a binary + 1 selecting behavior) temporarily.

                IC-751A Switch Matrix (W/ Function)
      DB0     DB1     DB2     DB3     DB4     DB5     DB6     DB7
   +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
   | KEY0  | KEY1  | KEY2  | KEY3  |       |       |       |       |
Y0 | GENE  | GENE  | GENE  | GENE  | SCAN  |       |       |       |
   +-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
   | MHZ/  | MHZ/  |       |       |  VFO  | VFO/  | HAM/  |Disable|
Y1 | BAND  | BAND  |       |       |  A/B  |Memory | GENE  |RIT/XIT|
   |__Up___|_Down__|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|
   |       |       |       | Clear |  A=B  |       |       |       |
Y2 | FUNC  |       |       |RIT/XIT| (B=A) |       |MWrite |M->VFO |
   |_______|_______|_______|(->VFO)|_______|_______|_______|_______|
   |  KEY0 |  KEY1 |  KEY2 |  KEY3 |       |       |       |       |
Y3 |  HAM  |  HAM  |  HAM  |  HAM  |       |       |       |       |
   |__BAND_|__BAND_|__BAND_|__BAND_|_______|_______|_______|_______|
   |       |       |   AM  |  CW   | RTTY  |  SSB  |       |       |
Y4 |  LSB  |  USB  |  (FM) | (NAR) | (NAR) | (REV) |  FM   |  LSB  |
   |_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|
   |  M2   |  M3   |  M5   |  M9   |  M17  |  M33  |  M65  |  M29  | Danger
Y5 | Prio. | Prio. | Prio. | Prio. | Prio. | Prio. | Prio. | Prio. | Will
   |or_M1__|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______|_______| Robinson
   | MODE  | Reset | Change|       |       |       |Disable| Scan  |
Y6 | Scan  |100&10 |Memory |       |       |       |RIT/XIT| OFF   |
   |_______|__HZ___|On_Dial|_______|_______|_______|offset_|_______|
   |  I/O  |  I/O  |  HOLD |Altern-|Band W/|       |       |       |
Y7 |Option | Option|  Scan |ate VFO|DB6&DB7|       |       |       |
   |___RP__|___WP__|10_Sec.|_______|or_TS__|_______|_______|_______|