We can hammer out the details via direct message but it won’t be that much. You pay shipping both ways and for any replacement parts needed plus a small flat fee. Most likely it will just need a good cleaning and a conductor replaced.?
also what do you mean you could not get into the settings menu? You can get into the settings menu by pressing the ?F then 0. Do you mean the special settings for locking it to memory only or vhf or uhf mode only?
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I will sell you my FT-60 for $125.00 shipped.? Mike K6STU Copperas Cove Texas 76522.
On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 5:48 PM, samer0214@... <samer0214@...> wrote: David,
Not sure what the board number would be, but I checked eBay and didn't find anything.? Do you know what the board. model would be?
Thanks - Samer K6SKH
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Jonathan,
I know for a fact that there was no water damage.? I had some alkalines in it last year, and they went bad with minor battery acid damage.? The radio was working fine (and still is now), but the monitor button stopped working suddenly.
I will get it back from Yaesu next week.? How much would you charge to repair it?
Thanks - Samer K6SKH
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I just repaired a heavily corroded FT-60. If the main board is still operating and it’s just the button that’s not working I could probably fix it for you as well.?
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David,
Not sure what the board number would be, but I checked eBay and didn't find anything.? Do you know what the board. model would be?
Thanks - Samer K6SKH
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Samer:
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You might take a look at what is available on E-bay.?
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David KI6KAR
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From: samer0214@...
Sent: Friday, June 19, 2020 2:45 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [Yaesu-FT-60] FT-60R Main Board
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Hello,
My FT-60R's monitor button stopped working, so I couldn't get into the settings menu.
I took it to Yaesu for repairs, and they came back saying that I need a new main board due to water damage, and that replacement cost is about $240+
Does anyone have a board for sale, or know where I can get one reasonably cheap keeping in mind that the price of a brand new radio is: $155.00?
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Hello,
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My FT-60R's monitor button stopped working, so I couldn't get into the settings menu.
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I took it to Yaesu for repairs, and they came back saying that I need a new main board due to water damage, and that replacement cost is about $240+
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Does anyone have a board for sale, or know where I can get one reasonably cheap keeping in mind that the price of a brand new radio is: $155.00?
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Thank you - Samer
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The other repeaters, during the times when the ducting seems to be occurring, are close to 100 miles away.? The three repeaters' custodians have had conversations and our repeater does not usually affect theirs much at all.? The digital doesn't matter on their end; the other is a club-owned repeater and many of us know each other and have coordinated PL tones, etc. so when the atmospherics come into play we operate as though we have a? shared repeater.? We have the same ENC/DEC settings and things work out quite well.? The digital repeater is the primary problem and we both (analog guys) have eliminated the giant footprint that the digital unit has.
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The scanner will likely be overloaded by the HT and won't hear
the repeater.? AA3T
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On 6/10/2020 9:52 AM, Richard in NC via
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She might be hitting the repeater but might be too noisy to hear.
Too far away but able to key it. Listen to the repeater output
with the scanner?
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On Jun 12, 2020, at 4:36 AM, Brian Smithson <brianesmithson@...> wrote:
? Indeed! Very impressive Rick, Thank you!
73
-Brian n8wrl On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 7:25 AM Randolph Urick via <raurick= [email protected]> wrote:
Very nice job on the manual Rick!
Randy
N4QWK
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Sparber < rgsparber.ya@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, Jun 11, 2020 10:03 pm
Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-60] Question
If you look at page 19, you will see the corrections I made. I don't hold out any hope that Yaesu will clean up their guide, which is why I wrote my own. Rick KG7MQL -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Joe Alexa Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2020 11:19 AM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-60] Question I have been following the problem Dora raised about a repeater that she says is in her area that she gas had trouble with. Many good answers have been given, but apparently Dora was still having trouble. I remember when I first received my FT-60 I had the same issue. I searched the web for answers and found one that cleared it up. It was the numbered sequence of instructions on page 22. If Dora’s manual is like the one I recently downloaded, which is the same as the one I have, (2 years old) this could be her problem,? if she tried to follow the sequence as listed.? Step ‘3’ must be skipped, then proceed to step 4 then 5 and 6. Apparently Yaesu hasn’t cleared up these instructions. I Renumbered? the sequence 2 as 2a, and changed ‘3’ to 2b, 2c and 2d; then 4 became 3 and so on.? The steps 2a to 2d could be used to set up the other codes should you want to use them later. Joe AG5UI
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Indeed! Very impressive Rick, Thank you!
73
-Brian n8wrl
On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 7:25 AM Randolph Urick via <raurick= [email protected]> wrote:
Very nice job on the manual Rick!
Randy
N4QWK
-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Sparber < rgsparber.ya@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, Jun 11, 2020 10:03 pm
Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-60] Question
If you look at page 19, you will see the corrections I made. I don't hold out any hope that Yaesu will clean up their guide, which is why I wrote my own. Rick KG7MQL -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Joe Alexa Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2020 11:19 AM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-60] Question I have been following the problem Dora raised about a repeater that she says is in her area that she gas had trouble with. Many good answers have been given, but apparently Dora was still having trouble. I remember when I first received my FT-60 I had the same issue. I searched the web for answers and found one that cleared it up. It was the numbered sequence of instructions on page 22. If Dora’s manual is like the one I recently downloaded, which is the same as the one I have, (2 years old) this could be her problem,? if she tried to follow the sequence as listed.? Step ‘3’ must be skipped, then proceed to step 4 then 5 and 6. Apparently Yaesu hasn’t cleared up these instructions. I Renumbered? the sequence 2 as 2a, and changed ‘3’ to 2b, 2c and 2d; then 4 became 3 and so on.? The steps 2a to 2d could be used to set up the other codes should you want to use them later. Joe AG5UI
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Very nice job on the manual Rick!
Randy
N4QWK
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From: Rick Sparber <rgsparber.ya@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, Jun 11, 2020 10:03 pm
Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-60] Question
If you look at page 19, you will see the corrections I made. I don't hold out any hope that Yaesu will clean up their guide, which is why I wrote my own. Rick KG7MQL -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Joe Alexa Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2020 11:19 AM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-60] Question I have been following the problem Dora raised about a repeater that she says is in her area that she gas had trouble with. Many good answers have been given, but apparently Dora was still having trouble. I remember when I first received my FT-60 I had the same issue. I searched the web for answers and found one that cleared it up. It was the numbered sequence of instructions on page 22. If Dora’s manual is like the one I recently downloaded, which is the same as the one I have, (2 years old) this could be her problem,? if she tried to follow the sequence as listed.? Step ‘3’ must be skipped, then proceed to step 4 then 5 and 6. Apparently Yaesu hasn’t cleared up these instructions. I Renumbered? the sequence 2 as 2a, and changed ‘3’ to 2b, 2c and 2d; then 4 became 3 and so on.? The steps 2a to 2d could be used to set up the other codes should you want to use them later. Joe AG5UI
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If you look at , page 19, you will see the corrections I made. I don't hold out any hope that Yaesu will clean up their guide, which is why I wrote my own.
Rick
KG7MQL
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] On Behalf Of Joe Alexa Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2020 11:19 AM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-60] Question I have been following the problem Dora raised about a repeater that she says is in her area that she gas had trouble with. Many good answers have been given, but apparently Dora was still having trouble. I remember when I first received my FT-60 I had the same issue. I searched the web for answers and found one that cleared it up. It was the numbered sequence of instructions on page 22. If Dora’s manual is like the one I recently downloaded, which is the same as the one I have, (2 years old) this could be her problem, if she tried to follow the sequence as listed. Step ‘3’ must be skipped, then proceed to step 4 then 5 and 6. Apparently Yaesu hasn’t cleared up these instructions. I Renumbered the sequence 2 as 2a, and changed ‘3’ to 2b, 2c and 2d; then 4 became 3 and so on. The steps 2a to 2d could be used to set up the other codes should you want to use them later. Joe AG5UI
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I have been following the problem Dora raised about a repeater that she says is in her area that she gas had trouble with. Many good answers have been given, but apparently Dora was still having trouble.
I remember when I first received my FT-60 I had the same issue. I searched the web for answers and found one that cleared it up. It was the numbered sequence of instructions on page 22. If Dora’s manual is like the one I recently downloaded, which is the same as the one I have, (2 years old) this could be her problem, if she tried to follow the sequence as listed. Step ‘3’ must be skipped, then proceed to step 4 then 5 and 6.
Apparently Yaesu hasn’t cleared up these instructions. I Renumbered the sequence 2 as 2a, and changed ‘3’ to 2b, 2c and 2d; then 4 became 3 and so on. The steps 2a to 2d could be used to set up the other codes should you want to use them later.
Joe
AG5UI
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I'm not sure whether this was discussed: when the FT60 is transmitting, what frequency is being displayed?
Andy
On Thu, Jun 11, 2020 at 10:14 AM Chris Smart < csmart8@...> wrote:
Not to mention it takes a short amount of time for the radio to
notice the CTCSS tone and open the squelch.
Anyway, I sure hope Dora comes back with whatever the solution to
her problem turns out to be... I was stumped and am very curious
now! :)
On 6/11/2020 10:02 AM, Randolph Urick
via wrote:
You do not "have" to have your PL decode on
for your radio. You need it if you want to listen only to
that repeater. I prefer to not use PL decode because then I
can hear if there is any atmospheric ducting going on. As an
example, I live in Northern Virginia and I sometimes can
hear repeaters up in Pennsylvania, etc. It's a personal
preference. Just my 2 cents.
Randy
N4QWK
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From: John Nicholas <stnick@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, Jun 11, 2020 9:18 am
Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-60] Question
This information is in RepeaterBook. If it comes
through the listserv, here is a shot of the repeater entry
?just S of my QTH.
Is it possible that the repeater
output has a tone that needs to be decoded to
open up the audio, rather than simply on the
input?? In my area we use the encode/decode
option, meaning that not only do you have to
enter a PL tone for the input side, but also for
the output side of the repeater.?
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Not to mention it takes a short amount of time for the radio to
notice the CTCSS tone and open the squelch.
Anyway, I sure hope Dora comes back with whatever the solution to
her problem turns out to be... I was stumped and am very curious
now! :)
On 6/11/2020 10:02 AM, Randolph Urick
via groups.io wrote:
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You do not "have" to have your PL decode on
for your radio. You need it if you want to listen only to
that repeater. I prefer to not use PL decode because then I
can hear if there is any atmospheric ducting going on. As an
example, I live in Northern Virginia and I sometimes can
hear repeaters up in Pennsylvania, etc. It's a personal
preference. Just my 2 cents.
Randy
N4QWK
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Message-----
From: John Nicholas <stnick@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, Jun 11, 2020 9:18 am
Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-60] Question
This information is in RepeaterBook. If it comes
through the listserv, here is a shot of the repeater entry
?just S of my QTH.
Is it possible that the repeater
output has a tone that needs to be decoded to
open up the audio, rather than simply on the
input?? In my area we use the encode/decode
option, meaning that not only do you have to
enter a PL tone for the input side, but also for
the output side of the repeater.?
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You do not "have" to have your PL decode on for your radio. You need it if you want to listen only to that repeater. I prefer to not use PL decode because then I can hear if there is any atmospheric ducting going on. As an example, I live in Northern Virginia and I sometimes can hear repeaters up in Pennsylvania, etc. It's a personal preference. Just my 2 cents.
Randy
N4QWK
-----Original Message-----
From: John Nicholas <stnick@...>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Thu, Jun 11, 2020 9:18 am
Subject: Re: [Yaesu-FT-60] Question
This information is in RepeaterBook. If it comes through the listserv, here is a shot of the repeater entry ?just S of my QTH.
Is it possible that the repeater output has a tone that needs to be decoded to open up the audio, rather than simply on the input?? In my area we use the encode/decode option, meaning that not only do you have to enter a PL tone for the input side, but also for the output side of the repeater.?
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This information is in RepeaterBook. If it comes through the listserv, here is a shot of the repeater entry ?just S of my QTH.
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Is it possible that the repeater output has a tone that needs to be decoded to open up the audio, rather than simply on the input?? In my area we use the encode/decode option, meaning that not only do you have to enter a PL tone for the input side, but also for the output side of the repeater.?
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So, if you are not monitoring “open tone,” you can key up and accidentally interfere with that other system - because you cannot hear if comms are occurring?
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Clint Bradford K6LCS
http//www.work-sat.com
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Hi, Dora.
Is it possible that the repeater output has a tone that needs to be decoded to open up the audio, rather than simply on the input?? In my area we use the encode/decode option, meaning that not only do you have to enter a PL tone for the input side, but also for the output side of the repeater.? The reason we do end/dec is because we have two repeaters well away from us (including a digital repeater) that used to blast right into our radios with noise or conversations in other cities when the atmospherics were just right to cause FM ducting.? Until we put the decode PL tone into the repeater and our radios there were occasions when our club members simply turned their radios off, or listened to repeaters other than our main repeater.? This helped dramatically, so perhaps your repeater does the same with the ENC/DEC feature, or your radio may have the wrong PL tone set.? Since your scanner can hear the input side but not the repeater output side I am suspecting a PL tone issue more than anything.
73
Jim Quinn
AJ1MQ
Longview, TX
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Jonathan Cotten
John Nicholas
Clint Bradford