Re: 857D Tune-up
Check for leaking capacity.? On Fri, Aug 20, 2021 at 11:16 PM, Mark Springer<wl7bct@...> wrote: My 857D sounds like it needs some front end work, no sensitivity on V/U. Any suggestions of who
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Ben Cook
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Re: 857D Tune-up
No, I guess I can! Tx es 73
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Mark Springer
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Re: 857D Tune-up
Hi Mark, Have you tried a full reset? 73¡.Eric VK2VE. Sent: Saturday, 21 August 2021 13:16 To: [email protected] Subject: [FT-857] 857D Tune-up My 857D sounds like it needs some front end work, no
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Eric van de Weyer
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857D Tune-up
My 857D sounds like it needs some front end work, no sensitivity on V/U. Any suggestions of who works on them besides Yaesu? Thanks de Mark WL7BCT
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Mark Springer
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857 D and FURUNO PA2500
Recently I got a FURUNO PA2500 linear.? all the modifications of the band Switch is done. For 12 Volts I used a DC-Dc Buck converter which I could accomadate inside itself.? My present problem is
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Easwaran Unni Tharakkal VU2TE
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857D and FURUNO PA2500
Hai all I got a FURUNO PA 2500 recently and modified for ham band usage. But a full CW break in cannot be achieved. Will using a 7812 regulator? connected to 24V line and use the 12 V for control is
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Easwaran Unni Tharakkal VU2TE
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Re: 857d reboots or locks
I had this problem in my shack and added a 1:1 current balun in my coax and it cleared up the problem. 73, --Hank KB4MTO /TA5ZC Sent: Saturday, July 31, 2021 10:18 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re:
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Hank Lambert (KB4MTO)
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Re: Blinky's Fun Club
I did finally remove it from the truck and look inside. Nothing obvious. Next step hook it up on the bench. Just need to find the short cable to hook up the front panel. ??? Randy
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Randy KB0NAV
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Re: Blinky's Fun Club
Did you find a solution to this problem?
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Florin Vestale
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Re: 857d reboots or locks
Hi Dwight, Can you post the link to the YouTube channel you watched about the EEPROM memory chip? Israel
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Israel Banini
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Re: 857d reboots or locks
Israel, here is a post I did a while back... possibly you are having similar problem... Hey group, Thought I'd share my experience fixing my 857. (Probably 15 years old, always used inside) In the
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rifkum
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Re: 857d reboots or locks
RF in the shack, often in the forn of CMC (common mode current on the braid of your coax) is definitely on the list as a "can cause this". CPU lockup, etc this is one good reason to check using a
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Tim Reimers KA4LFP
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Re: 857d reboots or locks
Israel,? Like john suggested, it could be RFI. Chokes are always a good idea on power leads. It might also be power Check the connections and fuses for corrosion. Also try another power supply and
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Robert Castellow
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Re: 857d reboots or locks
Sounds like RFI on the power leads, put some chokes on the power leads. Not aware of any batteries in the rig, mine is over ten years old, no indication of a battery. John VE7KKQ [email protected]>
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John
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857d reboots or locks
My 857d reboots or locks and has to be completely removed from power to reset. Friend mentioned internal battery may be bad. Anyone know where it is? (I can't find it.) Thanks! Israel
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Israel Banini
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Re: External meter and SWR range question..
HI Tim, Here is a link to a site with some info on building an FT-Meter equivalent. Very simple. I made one almost 20 years ago with great results. https://www.basic4mcu.com/bbs/board.php?bo_table=k10
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Eric van de Weyer
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Re: SETTINGS
Glad you got it working --- But one of the other questions is "Why are you getting enough RFI in your shack to be able to cause problems with electronics" RFI in the shack is a problem itself -- not
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Tim Reimers KA4LFP
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External meter and SWR range question..
Hi all - Is there a reference anywhere to the voltage output on the Meter jack for the SWR? I'd like to try interfacing pin on a RasPI to that Meter jack, and be correctly measuring the SWR, as the
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Tim Reimers KA4LFP
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Re: SETTINGS
HI MIKE/W8DN; Tnx for the help, I wrapped the cables from the signal link to the computer and from the signal link to the radio...solved the problem, used copper tape. FT857-d running as it should. 73
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pat obrien <2WR796@...>
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Re: SETTINGS
What have you changed because your problem sounds like RFI. Have you added or even moved any equipment prior to the new problem? Have you moved the antenna or possibly lost your ground? Are you
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Mike / W8DN
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