Re: Deaf FRG-7, Please help
Hi Arthur. If you are not particularly technical savvy,, I would suggest you find someone local who may be able to assist. When I recieved mine, the Mhz lock light? only operated on the higher bands. The manual is to be found on the net for download. Refer to this for the alignment procedure. The nature of the circuit means that there are some adjustments that will affect the correct operation of the Mhz lock circuitry. In my case, it meant adjusting the setting of the level pot VR102 (page 12).
HOWEVER .. just do not twiddle this and hope for the best if you are not familiar with the operation of the receiver. You could mark the position of the pot? where it is, only then move it back and forth a few times before returning it to the marked position and see what happens. In my case, it was dirty tracks on the pot (similar to a noisy volume control). Worth a try. Also, as part of the alignment procedure, there are a couple of other? adjustments which can affect the operation of that circuitry. Again, in any case, ask around at your local radio club or some place that may be able to point you toward some assistance. These receivers are fun to use and seem pretty robust.
Regards John5
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My Frog finally gave up the ghost. Does anyone have a good, solid working Frog that they don't think is worth the Moon, or, eBay prices? I'd love to buy a replacement. Please let me know. Thanks, Arthur
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Re: Deaf FRG-7, Please help
This has no effect. And the MHZ "Lock: lamp stays on. Guess who is in the market for a "new" Frog?
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Re: Deaf FRG-7, Please help
?Hello Roger -Sorry I did not know that ,keep sending the emails ,I just got an Yaesu FRG-7 receiver from Quebec ,should be her by friday and want to learn all I can about these set,s and how to? ? operate them ,all the best Rick
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Hi Rick, When you joined the group your email settings were and are “Individual messages”. That means that every message that is sent to the group is also sent to you. To get the least number of messages set your email settings to “special notices only” (Member will only receive special notices from the moderators). 73 Roger VE7LB Group Owner ? ? ?Hello Roger for some reason I keep getting emails from you that are not for me ,here is one of them ,and I don,t know why, all the best Rick ? ? Hi Arthur, Whenever I find a problem with any radio, particularly if it hasn't been used in a while, I shut off the radio and exercise the rotary switches. In the case of the FRG-7 I would start off by rotating the band and mode switch 20 times end to end. This will wipe of any oxidation from the rotary contacts. If it seems to improve the problems then do it again one more time. If it works then all is well. If it comes back again try some dexoxit on the band switch contacts. Use dexoxit by applying it sparingly to the rotary contacts.
If the above doesn't work then some alignment &/or troubleshooting may be required.
73
Roger VE7LB?
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Re: Deaf FRG-7, Please help
Hi Rick, When you joined the group your email settings were and are “Individual messages”. That means that every message that is sent to the group is also sent to you. To get the least number of messages set your email settings to “special notices only” (Member will only receive special notices from the moderators). 73 Roger VE7LB Group Owner ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Rick Sent: Tuesday, May 5, 2020 6:13 AM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FRG-7] Deaf FRG-7, Please help ? ?Hello Roger for some reason I keep getting emails from you that are not for me ,here is one of them ,and I don,t know why, all the best Rick ? ? Hi Arthur, Whenever I find a problem with any radio, particularly if it hasn't been used in a while, I shut off the radio and exercise the rotary switches. In the case of the FRG-7 I would start off by rotating the band and mode switch 20 times end to end. This will wipe of any oxidation from the rotary contacts. If it seems to improve the problems then do it again one more time. If it works then all is well. If it comes back again try some dexoxit on the band switch contacts. Use dexoxit by applying it sparingly to the rotary contacts.
If the above doesn't work then some alignment &/or troubleshooting may be required.
73
Roger VE7LB
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Re: Deaf FRG-7, Please help
?Hello Roger for some reason I keep getting emails from you that are not for me ,here is one of them ,and I don,t know why, all the best Rick
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Hi Arthur, Whenever I find a problem with any radio, particularly if it hasn't been used in a while, I shut off the radio and exercise the rotary switches. In the case of the FRG-7 I would start off by rotating the band and mode switch 20 times end to end. This will wipe of any oxidation from the rotary contacts. If it seems to improve the problems then do it again one more time. If it works then all is well. If it comes back again try some dexoxit on the band switch contacts. Use dexoxit by applying it sparingly to the rotary contacts.
If the above doesn't work then some alignment &/or troubleshooting may be required.
73
Roger VE7LB
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Re: Deaf FRG-7, Please help
Hi Arthur, Whenever I find a problem with any radio, particularly if it hasn't been used in a while, I shut off the radio and exercise the rotary switches. In the case of the FRG-7 I would start off by rotating the band and mode switch 20 times end to end. This will wipe of any oxidation from the rotary contacts. If it seems to improve the problems then do it again one more time. If it works then all is well. If it comes back again try some dexoxit on the band switch contacts. Use dexoxit by applying it sparingly to the rotary contacts.
If the above doesn't work then some alignment &/or troubleshooting may be required.
73
Roger VE7LB
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Re: LOCK and Preselector problems ...
?Hello Roger this is the other one ?,have a great day Rick
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Hi Luca, Were you able to get your FRG-7 working OK?
73 Roger VE7LB Group Owner
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Hi,
I have an FRG-7 that has become completely deaf, on all bands. I seem to recall reading somewhere that there is a part of area of the radio that, of pressed on, can wake the set back up. Can someone tell me where that might be??
Thank you,?
Arthur
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Re: MHZ selector off by one MHZ
Yes I sure did Thanks?you, just mis aligned? shaft on the mhz dial
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Hi Tim, did you ever get the FRG-7 working OK?
73 Roger VE7LB Group Owner
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Re: LOCK and Preselector problems ...
Hi Luca, Were you able to get your FRG-7 working OK?
73 Roger VE7LB Group Owner
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Re: MHZ selector off by one MHZ
Hi Tim, did you ever get the FRG-7 working OK?
73 Roger VE7LB Group Owner
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Usenet and rec.radio.amateur.equipment
A little history;? during the wild west of the internet, (1980) the?User Network or Usenet was?created.? It was the first public forum for information exchange?and was huge.? You can wiki it.
The reason I bring this up is that it covered the timespan for the FRG-7 introduction and most of the FRG-7 modification/development.? The groups were named in the following format:
rec.radio. (something)
rec.radio.amateur
rec.radio.amatuer.antenna
rec.radio.amatuer.equipment
rec.radio.amatuer.receivers
and so forth.? Google kept about 20 years of archives, and if you dig a bit, there is more info about Frogs than you can ever use.
Jim, KA6TPR
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Link to old FRG-7 mod page.
I'll try to start putting some FRG mods and reviews into the file pages soon.
Here is a link from the past that still works, too bad they didn't complete the ambitious start they made.
Jim, KA6TPR
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Located in the Files section is a folder called 1 - Old Yahoo Messages Folder. Here are the notes with the text file in that folder -
All of the old Yahoo Messages from #1 to Nov, 2019 in a txt file of 1.1 mb. This file should open OK using Notepad. You can also use the free Notepad++ to open it faster. Notepad++ is available here - https://notepad-plus-plus.org/ . This file was edited to remove Yahoo text formatting data. Search using the Find function.
Also available is an html file of 1.7 mb that will open with any browser but so far has only been tested with Firefox. Takes a bit of time to load.
If you find any missing data please let me know as I have the original file.
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Re: LOCK and Preselector problems ...
Hi Luca,
Whenever I find a problem with any radio, particularly if it hasn't been used in a while, I shut off the radio and exercise the rotary switches. In the case of the FRG-7 I would start off by rotating the band and mode switch 20 times end to end. This will wipe of any oxidation from the rotary contacts. If it seems to improve the problems then do it again one more time. If it works then all is well. If it comes back again try some dexoxit on the band switch contacts. Use dexoxit by applying it sparingly to the rotary contacts.
If the above doesn't work then some alignment may be required.
73
Roger VE7LB
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LOCK and Preselector problems ...
Hi everyone,
after a while I turned on my FRG7 and found two surprises ...
the first :
the led lock switches off regularly only from 14 MHz to go up, under 14 MHz up to 10 MHz it goes off but not in a defined way, from 7/8 MHz to go down it doesn't go out anymore, even if it is possible to hear the HAM in 40 meters without problems. I have seen in the manual that VR102 can be adjusted for correct alignment, I have to try. Any suggestions from you about this problem?
the second :
the preselector has no effect, turning the knob no longer has any "DIP" points in any range. Any suggestions from you about this problem?
thanks and best 73 Luca IK2NUQ
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Re: MHZ selector off by one MHZ
Thanks for your help Roger, i will give it a try this weekend
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Re: MHZ selector off by one MHZ
I found a top chassis photo and put it in the Photos section. I can see the MHz tuning capacitor has a shaft coupling with set screws. With the capacitor fully closed the dial indicator should be over the small triangle symbol to the right of 0.
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Starsekr
IK2NUQ - Luca