• (I had 5 batteries broke replaced and returned one broke in the end!) There are two problems with the design of the battery pack that effect the the performance of the snap.  The material appears to be eithertalc of fiber filled which will increase the impact strength of the material, but will also decrease the materials flexibility.
• The second issue is that the snap geometry itself is flawed.  A well designed snap wing should be tapered in thickness so that the strain is evenly distributed along its length.  In the case of the ICOM battery snap the strain is concentrated at the base of the snap in the U shaped area.  It can be seen that the outer fibers of the U are strained past the material's allowable limit under normal operation of the snap.  Two solutions are available, change the material of the battery pack, or change the geometry of the snap. http://www.ideasincorp.com/

I asked my friend, WA8DBW to help be since I am a stroke survival and cannot read or write well. I think he is to easy on Icom and I am probably to hard, maybe!

Expansion for receive
Push and hold BAND and SOL keys while turning POWER is on.

After Expansion, the following approximate
frequencies and Modes become available:
 50 -  75.99 Mhz            NBF
 76 - 107.99 Mhz            WFM
108 - 135.99 Mhz            AM
136 - 174    Mhz            NFM
174 - 229.99 Mhz            FM
300 - 399.99 Mhz            AM
400 - 599.98 Mhz            NFM
600 - 824    Mhz            NFM
848 - 869    Mhz            NFM
894 - 999.99 Mhz            NFM
 
 

* Expansion for transmit

Remove D54 on the LOGIC boards expand VHF and UHF bands
    (222 doesn't receive well at all!)
Remove D61 on the LOGIC board to expand to 50 MHz band
(I have no more information)