I’ve done something wrong. When I’m in memory mode, I previously could push either MHZ up or MHZ down for one second, and my 15 channels would begin scanning. But now, it scans only two channels (Channels 1 and 15) and skips the others. I’m confused. Suggestions?
Richard
WB5NEN
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Granted that we SHOULD never need to do this but I've stuck mine in a plastic bag to keep it dry now and then.? Small hole and tape for the antenna port.
On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 19:43, w6ncs@... <w6ncs@...> wrote: Thanks for the responses.? I did check with Batteries America and they don't have them.? The gaskets dry out and crack, an moisture gets inside the radio in rainy conditions and the display fogs up.?
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Thanks for the responses.? I did check with Batteries America and they don't have them.? The gaskets dry out and crack, an moisture gets inside the radio in rainy conditions and the display fogs up.?
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>> ...?The bill of materials in FT-60 service manual shows several builds of the FT-60 PCB ...
Does not mean they all were ever manufactured and marketed.
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Perhaps this may help: Google translate says:
Possible frequency range of sending and receiving signals
Sending frequency range 144～146MHz, 430～440MHz
receiving frequency range 108～999.99MHz (253～276MHz, 380～383MHz, 412～416MHz, 810～846MHz, 860～901MHz, 915～961MHz)
reptile shift -5.0MHz (439～440MHz) standard
It seems the radio is called just FT-60 (without R, E or T) in Japan. And the user manual is rather different from the English version:??
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Yes,?I have never heard of a Yaesu FT-60T too, until I found the Japanese datasheet with those specs as same as I got it confirmed from one of the Japanese re-sellers in Tokio.
Translated to English > he wrote:
" We have no FT-60r or FT-60e for sale. This is the FT-60t version for Japan market.
Both, 144/430MHz bands have an output power of 5W. If you do not need to use it over two frequency bands, you can change the settings to dedicated V/U respectively, so no extra operations are required.
Wideband reception from 108 to 999.99 MHz with blocked several parts of this range.
No 600khz or 7.6Mhz used in JR.
Up to 1000 channels can be stored in memory. There are also 10 banks, so you can manage the memory efficiently.
In addition to the 2280 Hz air signals used by JR, the air signal frequency can be varied between 300 and 3000 Hz (in 100 Hz steps), making it possible to receive non-JR air signals. Air bands such as aircraft are AM received."
I am not very wise about it...
Petr, OK1RP
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The bill of materials in FT-60 service manual shows several builds of the FT-60 PCB. Namely?USA A2U, EXP A1, EXP A2, EXP A3, EU B1, EU B2, EXP B3, EU C1, EU C2, EXP C3, EU D1, EU D2, AUS H1, AUS H2. How these build numbers map to the actual product name i.e. FT60-E, FT-60-R or perhaps FT-60T is not explained and not known to me.
What i have found out is that the most significant differences between the build numbers is the combination of 0R resistors that are used to tell the microprocessor which band allocations are allowed.?
I have learned this the hard way. The FT-60 i bought used came with a dodgy wide band mod. Someone must have used a screwdriver to pry these small resistors together with copper tracks off the board. It took me a while to figure out which resistor to fit to revert the radio to FT-60E band allocation.
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I have never heard of a Yaesu FT-60T. Anyone hear of such a model?
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I know of no "Japanese" edition of the FT-60.
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On Mar 16, 2023, at 11:09, HF via groups.io <incorridge@...> wrote:
?Thanks, Petr,
Quite interesting that the Japanese spec points out that 915-961 MHz is blocked.? The English specification doesn't say that.? It says "cellular blocked" but cellphones in North America don't operate in that range.? I bought my FT-60R partly because the spec said it could receive the amateur 900 MHz band. But 918.5 to 943.5 MHz is blocked.? I'm quite disappointed that it doesn't do what Yaesu advertises that it does.
Cheers
Halden
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Re: VFO Not Retaining Memories
I found this on and it does work. The manual for my new 60R does not have this verbiage, and the page content is different.? Go figure.
Data stored on memory channels can easily be moved to the VFO, if you like.
1. Select the memory channel containing the frequency data to be moved to the VFO.
2. Press the [ BAND ( BAND DN )] key momentarily to activate the "Memory Tune" fea-
ture temporarily, then press and hold in the [ BAND ( BAND DN )] key for one second.
The data will now have been copied to the VFO, although the original memory con-
tents will remain intact on the previously-stored channel.
If a Split Frequency Memory channel was transferred, the TX frequency will
be ignored (you will be set up for Simplex operation on the Receive frequency).
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Thanks, Petr,
Quite interesting that the Japanese spec points out that 915-961 MHz is blocked.? The English specification doesn't say that.? It says "cellular blocked" but cellphones in North America don't operate in that range.? I bought my FT-60R partly because the spec said it could receive the amateur 900 MHz band. But 918.5 to 943.5 MHz is blocked.? I'm quite disappointed that it doesn't do what Yaesu advertises that it does.
Cheers
Halden
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Clint,
I know this spec, but I am not able to find JA spec to compare it.
I can read fluently Hiragana / Katakana (Kanji), but I was not able to find the spec data sheet for FT-60T...
I found these data in one Japanese sheet:
FT-60T:
Transmit frequency range 144 to 146MHz, 430 to 440MHz
Receiving frequency range 108 to 999.99MHz
(The frequency bands of 253 to 276MHz, 380 to 383MHz, 412 to 416MHz, 810 to 846MHz, 860 to 901MHz, and 915 to 961MHz blocked.)
Transmit/receive frequency step 5/10/12.5/15/20/25/50/100kHz
Radio format F2D, F3E
Repeater shift -5.0MHz (439 to 440MHz)?
In addition to the 2280 Hz signaling used by JR, the signal frequency can be varied between 300 and 3000 Hz (in 100 Hz steps), making it possible to receive non-JR air signals.?
No idea about DCS, CTCSS, DTMF, signaling, Wires X and other features availability in FT-60T version...
Petr
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At the end of the FT-60R/E manual are the Specifications, showing thr TX/RX differences berween the [E]uropean and the [R] US versions.?
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Hi,
The difference would be the frequency allocations.
Japanese designated models can sometimes be less power due to their different licences, however I think that's unlikely with a handheld.
On Thu, 16 Mar 2023, 09:53 Petr Ourednik, < indians@...> wrote: Hi all,
is there somebody able to share the specification and difference in between FT-60R / FT-60E / FT-60T please?
(US / EU / JA versions...)
Thanks,
Petr
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Hi all,
is there somebody able to share the specification and difference in between FT-60R / FT-60E / FT-60T please?
(US / EU / JA versions...)
Thanks,
Petr
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Re: Yaesu VX-150, FT-60R and SBH-13 Charger Stand and NiMH Battey Pack Life
Clint,
Thanks for the heads up and I saw your recommendations in earlier posts. (I hate stumbling into a group or thread unless I research the subject first and your group here is fraught with excellent information -- a lot of it your tips.)
The two VX150s were modded for CAP and are being used in that capacity. Shhhhhh! don't tell anyone; CAP requires NTIA compliant radios and these ain't. The irony is that one of them I bought from the AZ Wing DC (director of comm) at the Yuma ham fest a few years ago. They are used as emergency backup for ground teams or to contact a CAP aircraft where line-of-sight is not affected to terribly much by terrain.?
But, in general, you are correct, Back in the day, when NASA first put that Motorola HT into the hands of Owen Garriott, W5LFL, on the Shuttle. During a pass, just after he broke above the terrain and announced, I was listening to the downllink with my IC-255 (remember them?) set to 5w and gave him a call. He responded and surprised the crap out of me!
Sadly, Owen went SK and left us in 2019. I am still grateful for him giving me one of my greater thrills in amateur radio -- on five watts to boot.
Oh and measuring the HTs with the scope, thanks fo the heads up, Dale. I transmit into a 50 ohm dummy and measure the voltage across that. I go the same with the QRP radios I build. It's more accurate than my Bird.
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William, K6WHP
"Cheer up, things could get worse..so I cheered up and, sure enough, things got worse!"
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Re: VFO Not Retaining Memories
Should read ‘lowest’. Damn autocorrect.? Jardy Dawson WA7JRD
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On Mar 14, 2023, at 15:01, JARDY DAWSON via groups.io <JARDY72@...> wrote:
? VFO’s don’t remember anything. That is why you must save to memory. ?88.5 is the slowest tone on the radio so it is the default tone.? Jardy Dawson WA7JRD
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On Mar 14, 2023, at 14:39, Richard W0REH via groups.io <W0reh@...> wrote:
?New guy to the FT-60, but I own a VX-7R, 817, 857, and 897, so I'm no stranger to Yaesu V/M systems.
Here's my issue: In VFO mode I set up a repeater with Tone and CTCSS of 151.4, then store it in memory. When I return to VFO, everything works fine. However, if, when in VFO mode, I tune to another frequency in that band and transmit, when I return to my original programmed repeater frequency, the CTCSS defaults back to 88.5 and I can no longer hit the repeater because of wrong CTCSS. I know I can just transmit from Memory mode (and that works fine--it holds all settings).
What am I missing?? Thanks.
W?REH
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VFO’s don’t remember anything. That is why you must save to memory. ?88.5 is the slowest tone on the radio so it is the default tone.? Jardy Dawson WA7JRD
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On Mar 14, 2023, at 14:39, Richard W0REH via groups.io <W0reh@...> wrote:
?New guy to the FT-60, but I own a VX-7R, 817, 857, and 897, so I'm no stranger to Yaesu V/M systems.
Here's my issue: In VFO mode I set up a repeater with Tone and CTCSS of 151.4, then store it in memory. When I return to VFO, everything works fine. However, if, when in VFO mode, I tune to another frequency in that band and transmit, when I return to my original programmed repeater frequency, the CTCSS defaults back to 88.5 and I can no longer hit the repeater because of wrong CTCSS. I know I can just transmit from Memory mode (and that works fine--it holds all settings).
What am I missing?? Thanks.
W?REH
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Re: Yaesu VX-150, FT-60R and SBH-13 Charger Stand and NiMH Battey Pack Life
William - double those packs' longevity: purchase a Smiley 270 or Diamond SRH-320a?
antenna, and turn TX power DOWN to 2W.
If you're not making it FM voice on 2m/440 line-of-sight with 2W, odds are you won't
make it with 4-5W.
Smiley: ?
Diamond: ?
Clint K6LCS
PS By the way, of those two great antennas, the one that is $20 LESS expensive is the?
better performer on 2M ...
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Dave Jeffries AF0DJ
Clint Bradford