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Digital frequency readout for a FRG-7

 

Hello ,I have been reading much about Digital frequency read out for a FRG-7 ,is there a kit I can get with hook up instructions for a FRG-7 ,I would like to get one that is outside the receiver even if I have to make a box to put it in , I don,t mind paying a bit more for a unit that comes complete with box and everything I need for hook up.
?I have replaced all the large caps in this unit and it works great , I don,t want a kit that I need to make a lot of changes inside the receiver to make it work ,would be?
?thankful for any info and help on where I could purchase the Digital Frequency display unit that will work on the FRG-7 ,all the very best stay safe Rick
 

Hi Rick,
The only External Digital frequency readout for a FRG-7 made was the GAR-7.? See eBay item # 353614501469 . Unfortunately the FRG-7 comes with it.

Because of the recent interest in Displays I have spent quite a bit of time, this last week, trying to find the GAR-7 installation instructions online. So far no luck. The installation would also work on any other display such as the S & S Engineering PC1. Does anyone actually have a copy of these instructions?

The hook-up would go to TP404 (Near Q404). Use RG-174U (1/8") or the larger RG-58 coax. Use a .001 capacitor in series with the coax center conductor and TP404. Ground the shield nearby.

The S & S instructions are in the Files Folder #6. Programming is just setting some dip switches that I could give you info on setting. The S & S shows up on eBay from time to time.

Or possibly someone making one of the $30 Displays, mentioned in the last week, may want to make more than one.

73
Roger VE7LB
 

this was an option not that many years ago, I made a digital readout in a case using this persons product but they are no longer available

https://www.pongrance.com/
 

Hi Mike,
At the end he allowed an eBay seller to make her own boards and N3ZI supplied the programmed chips. See attached pic.

The GAR-7 is the closest thing to a plug and play digital display for the FRG-7.

73
Roger VE7LB

New Design PCB N3ZI Digital Dial Assembled and Tested _ eBay.png

 

Actually that is not true.
John Kolb designed the KRS digital readout that was sold by Radio West.
I knew John and the people at Radio West and once owned a modded RW FRG7


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Thanks for the replies , looks like it is not easy to get a Digital Frequency read out that I can connect to my?
FRG -7 without changing or modifying my set too much , I liked the one I seen on top of a FRG-7 receiver that I saw for sale on eBay ,it was a GAR-7 frequency counter and just sat on top of the FRG-7 ,if any of you fellows?
?happen to see or know where I could get a frequency like that that comes with hook up instructions please if
?you don’t mind let me me know , thanks for your time take care stay safe all the very bestRick
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I forgot about the KRS version even though I put the KRS folder in the Files section last year!
 

Radio west also sold a digital readout that replaced the drum

Check out their catalog for their FRG 7 offerings and the other stuff they sold and how they modded receivers


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I put the KRS/Radio West FRG-7 info in the Files Folder /g/Yaesu-FRG-7/files/6%20-%20FRG-7%20with%20non%20GAR-7%20Digital%20Readouts/FRG-7%20KRS%20Displays about a year ago.

The KRS displays must be very rare as I have only seen one on eBay in the last 20 + years.
 

Hello fellows ,just thought I would tell you , my Daughter got me a DD-103 universal Digital dial ,it is easy to hook up comes with the clips and wire and is
?set up for the FRG-7, just hook one clip to the ground chassis and the other toTP-104 on the interface circuit of the IF-AF unit .The unit is small and is?
?outside the receiver it looks good and works great , a bit costly at $140 US . I must say that my FRG-7 was spot on with the digital display , I hooked?
?mine up and put in a RCA plug at the back of the unit incase I wanted to move it around ,take care and stay safe all the very best Rick
 

Sounds great. Do you have a photo of it in action?


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On 6 Feb 2022, 3:22 am, Rick < rdelaplante@...> wrote:

Hello fellows ,just thought I would tell you , my Daughter got me a DD-103 universal Digital dial ,it is easy to hook up comes with the clips and wire and is
?set up for the FRG-7, just hook one clip to the ground chassis and the other toTP-104 on the interface circuit of the IF-AF unit .The unit is small and is?
?outside the receiver it looks good and works great , a bit costly at $140 US . I must say that my FRG-7 was spot on with the digital display , I hooked?
?mine up and put in a RCA plug at the back of the unit incase I wanted to move it around ,take care and stay safe all the very best Rick

 

Thanks for your information, Rick.

This is the best kind of review to get.

73,
Curt W4CP

On Saturday, February 5, 2022, 12:52:57 PM EST, Rick <rdelaplante@...> wrote:


Hello fellows ,just thought I would tell you , my Daughter got me a DD-103 universal Digital dial ,it is easy to hook up comes with the clips and wire and is
?set up for the FRG-7, just hook one clip to the ground chassis and the other toTP-104 on the interface circuit of the IF-AF unit .The unit is small and is?
?outside the receiver it looks good and works great , a bit costly at $140 US . I must say that my FRG-7 was spot on with the digital display , I hooked?
?mine up and put in a RCA plug at the back of the unit incase I wanted to move it around ,take care and stay safe all the very best Rick

 

Rick, does the unit display the MHz, as well as the KHz? Any photos of installation???

Thanks?

Bob


On Sat, Feb 5, 2022 at 12:52 PM, Rick
<rdelaplante@...> wrote:
Hello fellows ,just thought I would tell you , my Daughter got me a DD-103 universal Digital dial ,it is easy to hook up comes with the clips and wire and is
?set up for the FRG-7, just hook one clip to the ground chassis and the other toTP-104 on the interface circuit of the IF-AF unit .The unit is small and is?
?outside the receiver it looks good and works great , a bit costly at $140 US . I must say that my FRG-7 was spot on with the digital display , I hooked?
?mine up and put in a RCA plug at the back of the unit incase I wanted to move it around ,take care and stay safe all the very best Rick

 

Hello Fellows , here is the website for the DD-103 unit , all I had to do was put on the two alligator clips , the fellow?
?sent it to me set up for the FRG-7 , just put the black clip on the ground chassis and the red clip on the TP-104
?it looks like a pin sticking up with a round white insulator on it and at the top it is curled over , easy to put the alligator?
?clip on the top ,looks like the set was made for this hook up , I hooked it to a RCA plug , I just drilled a hole in the back?
?of the unit for the female part of the RCA plug , that way when I took the unit out of the cabinet I was not moving the
?wires that were attached the the TP-104 terminal , easy hook up ,I think the fellows name is Ron ,just tell him the set
?you are using the unit for and he can send it ready to go , I will attach his web site , if you scroll down his page you?
?can open up the manual for the DD-103 ,you can see the read out if I can attach a photo to this post , also I sent the?
?web page , it reads the whole number and the numbers stand out easy to see , the schematic shows where the?
?TP-104 is on the board , but if you have any trouble I can take my unit out of the cabinet and sen a photo of
?it if that helps , but I am sure you will have no problem at all ,let me know how you make out , my email address
?is rdelaplante@...?, all the very best Rick
?PS- just in case I can't load the photo on the post email me and I will send it to your email
? Te web site =?http://www.electronicspecialtyproducts.com/dd103.html


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Looks great. Thanks for posting.

73
Phil


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-------- Original Message --------
On 7 Feb 2022, 2:01 am, Rick < rdelaplante@...> wrote:

Hello Fellows , here is the website for the DD-103 unit , all I had to do was put on the two alligator clips , the fellow?
?sent it to me set up for the FRG-7 , just put the black clip on the ground chassis and the red clip on the TP-104
?it looks like a pin sticking up with a round white insulator on it and at the top it is curled over , easy to put the alligator?
?clip on the top ,looks like the set was made for this hook up , I hooked it to a RCA plug , I just drilled a hole in the back?
?of the unit for the female part of the RCA plug , that way when I took the unit out of the cabinet I was not moving the
?wires that were attached the the TP-104 terminal , easy hook up ,I think the fellows name is Ron ,just tell him the set
?you are using the unit for and he can send it ready to go , I will attach his web site , if you scroll down his page you?
?can open up the manual for the DD-103 ,you can see the read out if I can attach a photo to this post , also I sent the?
?web page , it reads the whole number and the numbers stand out easy to see , the schematic shows where the?
?TP-104 is on the board , but if you have any trouble I can take my unit out of the cabinet and sen a photo of
?it if that helps , but I am sure you will have no problem at all ,let me know how you make out , my email address
?is rdelaplante@...?, all the very best Rick
?PS- just in case I can't load the photo on the post email me and I will send it to your email
? Te web site =?http://www.electronicspecialtyproducts.com/dd103.html

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