From: Yaesu-FT-60@groups.io <Yaesu-FT-60@groups.io> on behalf of WN6WJN <wn6wjn@...>
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2020 4:00 PM
To: Yaesu-FT-60@groups.io <Yaesu-FT-60@groups.io>
Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-60] Screen protector?

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Hello?

From what I am reading I am thinking that the screen broke due to something that a phone screen protector would not add much protection. I may be wrong and if I am sorry but I think what you may benefit from is a pouch like this one:

I have two one for my FT-60R, the other is for my FT2D-R. The two radios fit nicely in this pouch.

Best of luck!

73

Wassim

WN6WJN

Re: Screen protector?

#18579

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Hello?

From what I am reading I am thinking that the screen broke due to something that a phone screen protector would not add much protection. I may be wrong and if I am sorry but I think what you may benefit from is a pouch like this one:

I have two one for my FT-60R, the other is for my FT2D-R. The two radios fit nicely in this pouch.

Best of luck!

73

Wassim

WN6WJN

Re: Screen protector?

#18578

开云体育

I did this about 6 months ago.?

Used an Armor Suit protective film that I had a spare one of.? Available on Amazon.?

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N4GQR2N?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

I cut it about 1/8" oversized on all sides and then after applying and letting it adhere for a few hours I gently trimmed it with as very sharp exacto blade.

Worked very well but not sure how much it accomplishes.?

I've used these for years on cell phone screens and they're a great product.

73,

Gary K9GS

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From: "Gary D. Schwartz" <gary-yg@...>

Date: 1/23/20 5:35 PM (GMT-06:00)

To: Yaesu-FT-60@groups.io

Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-60] Screen protector?

Obsolete ones for discontinued phones will be very inexpensive. Most of these are larger than the FT-60 screen.

I would suggest cutting to size first. Also round the corners so it is less likely to peel off.

Gary
N1ZCE

At 03:21 PM 1/21/2020, you wrote:

Maybe You can buy one for a smartphone and trim the edges with a sharp razor once it???s in place.

Re: Screen protector?

#18577

Obsolete ones for discontinued phones will be very inexpensive. Most of these are larger than the FT-60 screen.

I would suggest cutting to size first. Also round the corners so it is less likely to peel off.

Gary
N1ZCE

At 03:21 PM 1/21/2020, you wrote:

Maybe You can buy one for a smartphone and trim the edges with a sharp razor once it?€?s in place.

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Gary D. Schwartz, N1ZCE

Needham, MA

Please reply to: n1zce@... OR n1zce@...

Re: Screen protector?

#18576

开云体育

Maybe You can buy one for a smartphone and trim the edges with a sharp razor once it’s in place.?

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On Jan 21, 2020, at 3:14 PM, Bill Hanrahan <wjhanrahan@...> wrote:

?I've had my FT-60 since it first came out, and have had to replace the screen twice due to my own negligence.? Does anyone know of a screen protector that fits or approximates the FT-60 window size/shape?

Bill W1WH

Screen protector?

#18575

I've had my FT-60 since it first came out, and have had to replace the screen twice due to my own negligence.? Does anyone know of a screen protector that fits or approximates the FT-60 window size/shape?

Bill W1WH

Re: Looking for some advice about batteries

#18574

Here is an alternative which may do what you are seeking:? ?

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Similar battery eliminators are listed on eBay & Amazon.? Plug in to the12v connector in your vehicle or install a lighter adapter on an external 12v battery.
73's

Re: Pl-259 connector wit thin centre pin?

#18573

Thank you all for comments and suggestions. 

Kevin and Chuck were right: It was an old PL-259 center pin casing from another antenna that stayed in the radio. Your comments pointed me in the right direction, and once I was able to visualize what had happened, it was easy to figure out what to do. 
So I am back on the air and glad to be working again with my FT-8800, which is a great radio.
Thanks again.

Regards,
VA7BLR

Re: Pl-259 connector wit thin centre pin?

Ron Rogers

#18572

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Excess solder on pl259.

Sent from my Verizon 4G LTE smartphone

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From: Kevin McCoy <ve6kjm@...>
Date: 12/15/19 7:43 AM (GMT-08:00)
To: Yaesu-FT-60@groups.io
Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-60] Pl-259 connector wit thin centre pin?

Has maybe the old PL 259 center pin stayed in the radio , It happened to a fellow ham and he was prepared to send it back to the dealer.?

On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 2:09 AM JARDY DAWSON via Groups.Io <JARDY72=YAHOO.COM@groups.io> wrote:

Wouldn’t it be easier to use a small drill bit to make the receiving hole slightly larger?? Do by hand only?

Jardy Dawson WA7JRD

Message sent from some electronic device that only the Manufacturer of said device really cares about.?

On Dec 14, 2019, at 22:32, Chris Smart <csmart8@...> wrote:

?hmm, could you carefully file the center pin down a bit?

At 01:20 AM 12/15/2019, you wrote:
This question relates to the Yaesu FT-8800, not to the FT-60. Sorry about the intrusion, but I know that there are some very knowledgeable hams on this group, and I hope someone will be able to help me. Thank you in advance.

The ?diameter of the chassis SO-239 socket on my Yaesu FT-8800 is too small to accommodate the centre pin of the PL-259 connector from my antenna coax (It worked until a couple of months ago, but I recently moved and now there is no way I can fit the PL-259 ?pin into the SO-239 socket; I know it sounds crazy, and it is driving me crazy, but the diameter of the SO-239 on my FT-8800 is definitely smaller than on a couple of other radios I have, and smaller than on a HS05 cable I use with one of my handhelds).

Any suggestion?

Where can I find PL-259 connectors with a thinner (less fat) centre pin, or an adapter connector with thinner PL-259 to regular SO-239?

Bernard Rochet
VA7BLR

--

Kevin - VE6KJM

(780) 278-5103?

Re: Pl-259 connector wit thin centre pin?

Dan Tomlinson

#18571

I think that means that the USA version uses an SO-239 wow the European version uses a different connector, probably an "N" connector.

Dan, NR6V

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On December 15, 2019 11:33:54 AM "mayneerc" <rochet@...> wrote:

Chris,
That would take a lot of filing, and doing it carefully would take a lot of time. I may have to resort to that in the end, but I am going to explore other solutions.
The specs for the FT-8800 say that the connector is "SO-239 (USA version).” I am wondering whether the diameter of the socket of the "USA version" is smaller, and if so where I can find the corresponding (with a thinner centre pin) version of the PL-259, and under what name.

Re: Pl-259 connector wit thin centre pin?

Don NI6A

#18570

The so-239 is a standard specification. The best advice is to first ascertain whether a different? pl-259 (male) connector will fit or not. Many times the solder job at the tip of the pl-259 connector is a bit sloppy and needs to be filed down. However, if the difference is great, then you may have a foreign item stuck in your so-239 receptacle or an adapter is attached.
73?

Re: Pl-259 connector wit thin centre pin?

#18569

I suspect the "USA Version" is not the connector itself but rather it indicates the US
Version of the radio uses an SO-239 connector.

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On December 15, 2019 at 1:34 PM, "mayneerc" <rochet@...> wrote:

Chris,
That would take a lot of filing, and doing it carefully would take a lot of time. I may have to resort to that in the end, but I am going to explore other solutions.
The specs for the FT-8800 say that the connector is "SO-239 (USA version).” I am wondering whether the diameter of the socket of the "USA version" is smaller, and if so where I can find the corresponding (with a thinner centre pin) version of the PL-259, and under what name.

Re: Pl-259 connector wit thin centre pin?

#18568

Chris,
That would take a lot of filing, and doing it carefully would take a lot of time. I may have to resort to that in the end, but I am going to explore other solutions.
The specs for the FT-8800 say that the connector is "SO-239 (USA version).” I am wondering whether the diameter of the socket of the "USA version" is smaller, and if so where I can find the corresponding (with a thinner centre pin) version of the PL-259, and under what name.

Re: Pl-259 connector wit thin centre pin?

#18567

Before boring. drilling or reducing pin size find another PL-259 and verify it will not fit in the SO-239
connector. I have worked with SO-239's and PL-259's for nearly 60 years and the only time they do

not mate is when something has seriously distorted the connectors. Something is broke, fix it, instead

of working around the breakage.

If a second PL-259 fits then the original PL-259 is bad. Replace it. If the second PL-259 does not

fit then examine the SO-239 for something left in the socket center or damage to the center cylinder.

Regards

WD4HXG

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On December 15, 2019 at 10:43 AM, "Kevin McCoy" <ve6kjm@...> wrote:

Has maybe the old PL 259 center pin stayed in the radio , It happened to a fellow ham and he was prepared to send it back to the dealer.?

On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 2:09 AM JARDY DAWSON via Groups.Io <JARDY72=YAHOO.COM@groups.io> wrote:
Wouldn’t it be easier to use a small drill bit to make the receiving hole slightly larger?? Do by hand only?

Jardy Dawson WA7JRD

Message sent from some electronic device that only the Manufacturer of said device really cares about.?

On Dec 14, 2019, at 22:32, Chris Smart <csmart8@...> wrote:

hmm, could you carefully file the center pin down a bit?

At 01:20 AM 12/15/2019, you wrote:
This question relates to the Yaesu FT-8800, not to the FT-60. Sorry about the intrusion, but I know that there are some very knowledgeable hams on this group, and I hope someone will be able to help me. Thank you in advance.

The ?diameter of the chassis SO-239 socket on my Yaesu FT-8800 is too small to accommodate the centre pin of the PL-259 connector from my antenna coax (It worked until a couple of months ago, but I recently moved and now there is no way I can fit the PL-259 ?pin into the SO-239 socket; I know it sounds crazy, and it is driving me crazy, but the diameter of the SO-239 on my FT-8800 is definitely smaller than on a couple of other radios I have, and smaller than on a HS05 cable I use with one of my handhelds).

Any suggestion?

Where can I find PL-259 connectors with a thinner (less fat) centre pin, or an adapter connector with thinner PL-259 to regular SO-239?

Bernard Rochet
VA7BLR

--
Kevin - VE6KJM
(780) 278-5103?

Re: Pl-259 connector wit thin centre pin?

#18566

Has maybe the old PL 259 center pin stayed in the radio , It happened to a fellow ham and he was prepared to send it back to the dealer.?

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On Sun, Dec 15, 2019 at 2:09 AM JARDY DAWSON via Groups.Io <JARDY72=YAHOO.COM@groups.io> wrote:

Wouldn’t it be easier to use a small drill bit to make the receiving hole slightly larger?? Do by hand only?

Jardy Dawson WA7JRD

Message sent from some electronic device that only the Manufacturer of said device really cares about.?

On Dec 14, 2019, at 22:32, Chris Smart <csmart8@...> wrote:

?hmm, could you carefully file the center pin down a bit?

At 01:20 AM 12/15/2019, you wrote:
This question relates to the Yaesu FT-8800, not to the FT-60. Sorry about the intrusion, but I know that there are some very knowledgeable hams on this group, and I hope someone will be able to help me. Thank you in advance.

The ?diameter of the chassis SO-239 socket on my Yaesu FT-8800 is too small to accommodate the centre pin of the PL-259 connector from my antenna coax (It worked until a couple of months ago, but I recently moved and now there is no way I can fit the PL-259 ?pin into the SO-239 socket; I know it sounds crazy, and it is driving me crazy, but the diameter of the SO-239 on my FT-8800 is definitely smaller than on a couple of other radios I have, and smaller than on a HS05 cable I use with one of my handhelds).

Any suggestion?

Where can I find PL-259 connectors with a thinner (less fat) centre pin, or an adapter connector with thinner PL-259 to regular SO-239?

Bernard Rochet
VA7BLR

--

Kevin - VE6KJM

(780) 278-5103?

Re: mini operating manual or cheat sheet?

#18565

Here's a link for a 2 page write up by W6EC.

Chris
AC2KV

Re: Pl-259 connector wit thin centre pin?

#18564

开云体育

Wouldn’t it be easier to use a small drill bit to make the receiving hole slightly larger? ?Do by hand only?

Jardy Dawson WA7JRD

Message sent from some electronic device that only the Manufacturer of said device really cares about.?

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On Dec 14, 2019, at 22:32, Chris Smart <csmart8@...> wrote:

?hmm, could you carefully file the center pin down a bit?

At 01:20 AM 12/15/2019, you wrote:
This question relates to the Yaesu FT-8800, not to the FT-60. Sorry about the intrusion, but I know that there are some very knowledgeable hams on this group, and I hope someone will be able to help me. Thank you in advance.

The ?diameter of the chassis SO-239 socket on my Yaesu FT-8800 is too small to accommodate the centre pin of the PL-259 connector from my antenna coax (It worked until a couple of months ago, but I recently moved and now there is no way I can fit the PL-259 ?pin into the SO-239 socket; I know it sounds crazy, and it is driving me crazy, but the diameter of the SO-239 on my FT-8800 is definitely smaller than on a couple of other radios I have, and smaller than on a HS05 cable I use with one of my handhelds).

Any suggestion?

Where can I find PL-259 connectors with a thinner (less fat) centre pin, or an adapter connector with thinner PL-259 to regular SO-239?

Bernard Rochet
VA7BLR

Re: Pl-259 connector wit thin centre pin?

Chris Smart

#18563

hmm, could you carefully file the center pin down a bit?

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At 01:20 AM 12/15/2019, you wrote:
This question relates to the Yaesu FT-8800, not to the FT-60. Sorry about the intrusion, but I know that there are some very knowledgeable hams on this group, and I hope someone will be able to help me. Thank you in advance.

The  diameter of the chassis SO-239 socket on my Yaesu FT-8800 is too small to accommodate the centre pin of the PL-259 connector from my antenna coax (It worked until a couple of months ago, but I recently moved and now there is no way I can fit the PL-259  pin into the SO-239 socket; I know it sounds crazy, and it is driving me crazy, but the diameter of the SO-239 on my FT-8800 is definitely smaller than on a couple of other radios I have, and smaller than on a HS05 cable I use with one of my handhelds).

Any suggestion?

Where can I find PL-259 connectors with a thinner (less fat) centre pin, or an adapter connector with thinner PL-259 to regular SO-239?

Bernard Rochet
VA7BLR

Pl-259 connector wit thin centre pin?

#18562

This question relates to the Yaesu FT-8800, not to the FT-60. Sorry about the intrusion, but I know that there are some very knowledgeable hams on this group, and I hope someone will be able to help me. Thank you in advance.

The  diameter of the chassis SO-239 socket on my Yaesu FT-8800 is too small to accommodate the centre pin of the PL-259 connector from my antenna coax (It worked until a couple of months ago, but I recently moved and now there is no way I can fit the PL-259  pin into the SO-239 socket; I know it sounds crazy, and it is driving me crazy, but the diameter of the SO-239 on my FT-8800 is definitely smaller than on a couple of other radios I have, and smaller than on a HS05 cable I use with one of my handhelds). 

Any suggestion?

Where can I find PL-259 connectors with a thinner (less fat) centre pin, or an adapter connector with thinner PL-259 to regular SO-239?

Bernard Rochet
VA7BLR