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Re: Ft60 problem
I sent my unit back to the factory to have an intermittent speaker problem repaired, and I also went over the squelch issue with them and asked them to look into it.? When I got the unit back, the speaker issue was fixed, but not the squelch issue.? I decided to wait a while before sending it back to see if it was interference, wifi, etc., but no matter where I use my unit, I end up putting the squelch to max to prevent the annoying static and noise I get on 70cm mostly, but also on 144.? It is so annoying that I now rarely use the FT-60 and instead use my Baofeng.? The mention of a varactor problem by KC0OEB?(after all this time) has peaked my interest, so I am going to send it back to Yaesu and see if they will try again to get this repaired.? Otherwise it is the junk heap, and I will try another brand HT.
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Re: No Tx,unless just off the charger
开云体育Yep,So I found out. Lead acid type .,i have seen,but Ni-MH ?? First for everything !1 TKS,jerry W8KQ On 8/22/2016 10:13 AM, John Eroh
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Re: No Tx,unless just off the charger
The voltage of a battery may read fine but if the battery doesn't have the current capacity anymore it won't work. Found that out when working for a small company that repaired test equipment for the telephone industry. We got into the habit of replacing all batteries automatically? & we cut down our return rate on repairs. A piece of gear may have worked fine for us in the shop but the battery would not hold up out in the field. 73, John N4SME On Sunday, August 21, 2016 9:51 PM, "gerald bishop gsbishop@... [FT-60]" wrote:
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Hi- Old Fart thinking ???? Radio always worked. Org,tho. Borrowed
a batt, that was unkown- and that works ok,after being off
charger. What i get for believing the volt meter on the radio HI
T.C. jerry W8KQ
On 8/20/2016 10:20 PM, WN6WJN - -
Wassim wn6wjn@... [FT-60] wrote:
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Re: No Tx,unless just off the charger
开云体育Hi- Old Fart thinking ???? Radio always worked. Org,tho. Borrowed
a batt, that was unkown- and that works ok,after being off
charger. What i get for believing the volt meter on the radio HI
T.C. jerry W8KQ On 8/20/2016 10:20 PM, WN6WJN - -
Wassim wn6wjn@... [FT-60] wrote:
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Re: No Tx,unless just off the charger
开云体育Sorry Jerry I miss understood your post. You mean the battery is being discharged EXTREMELY QUICKLY IN SECONDS? Is there a short? Is the battery old? Is the battery normal temperature? What are you using to charge the battery? 73 WN6WJN |
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Re: No Tx,unless just off the charger
开云体育Hey Jerry Before we panic, give the battery a full charge and try again. As you know the transmitter needs a certain voltage, like something more than 6.9V, to be delivered to it before it can function. Anything less and it will shut down. Now losing memory settings, that is a different thing but, in a way, it also can be related to a low battery. So let's get this battery juiced up and topped up and let's test again. It also could be a failing battery, so that should tell us. 73 WN6WJN |
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Re: unable to change frequencies
开云体育Hello godly_mistle Has your friend reported any progress on this issue We "I" are sitting on pins and needles to see what the culprit was. Please don't keep us hanging. And I hope your friend enjoyed the trip to Spain, here in San Francisco, we have a huge community of paraglider, because we are open to winds from the ocean. 73, and please report back any news, positive or negative. We are all hear to learn, and this one stumped most of us so it is a good example to learn from. WN6WJN |
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Re: No Tx,unless just off the charger
开云体育? HI- Guess I'll have to answer this my self- Battery shows 8.2
off the charger and 7.4 after trying to tx- So,got the volt meter
out and while checkinng on ht back ports,drops to 2.2 volts.
Borrowed a battery to try and not sure how good the battery is,Now
will tx fine buz. SGuess you can't believe what you see HI ,TKS,
73 Jerry W8KQ On 8/19/2016 5:09 PM,
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No Tx,unless just off the charger
Hi,All- Problem I haven't seen before. Started at a repeater site,where the main is a TV station TX site. Ft 60 wasn't up to full charge,and not sure if RF had anything to do with this,or not. Can only tx ,from right off the charger. Hour later,it says no freqs,or something like that. Not sure if it is simple ,or more involved. Had something like this happen to a ft2600,which was plugged into the lighter in the car,while car was off. 1 sec and the mems were gone. Reloaded off the computer,when I got home and was ok ?? Any thoughts ?? TKS,en73 ,Jerry W8KQ
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Re: unable to change frequencies
开云体育Call Yaesu Tech and see what they say. ?May need to send for repair. Jardy Dawson WA7JRD Ham Radio On Aug 8, 2016, at 19:46, WN6WJN - - Wassim wn6wjn@... [FT-60] <FT-60@...> wrote:
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Hey godly_mistle "A friend of mine who is out in Spain paragliding" Has your friend landed? I do not advise repairing a radio in flight ? It sounds to me that maybe the keypad has gone bad? Do any of the keys function?? Can he use some instrument like a pencil to make sure the keys are being pressed and that they are making contact to the internal assembly? What was he/she doing before/after this happened? It states that a factory reset did not clear the issue, but how about removing the battery and any power source for a while and see if any short clears it self. I don't know what is really happening its a bizarre behavior to say the least, but maybe some capacitor is overloaded and malfunctioning?! Ask and come back to us with theses answers. Oh and is this altitude related or is it happening on the ground to? 73 WN6WJN |
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Re: unable to change frequencies
开云体育Hey godly_mistle "A friend of mine who is out in Spain paragliding" Has your friend landed? I do not advise repairing a radio in flight ? It sounds to me that maybe the keypad has gone bad? Do any of the keys function?? Can he use some instrument like a pencil to make sure the keys are being pressed and that they are making contact to the internal assembly? What was he/she doing before/after this happened? It states that a factory reset did not clear the issue, but how about removing the battery and any power source for a while and see if any short clears it self. I don't know what is really happening its a bizarre behavior to say the least, but maybe some capacitor is overloaded and malfunctioning?! Ask and come back to us with theses answers. Oh and is this altitude related or is it happening on the ground to? 73 WN6WJN |
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Re: unable to change frequencies
Nolan Kienitz
开云体育He replied to the lock/un-lock via key #6 a number of posts prior.? No indication in the display it being locked and he had already tried that as an option.? Just peruse the posts and you should find the trouble-shooting he had done. ? 73, ??????????????? Nolan Kienitz? KI5IO ??????????????? SKCC - 9532C ??????????????? NAQCC - 6230 ??????????????? FISTS - 14948 ? ? |
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Re: unable to change frequencies
Nolan Kienitz
开云体育I experienced similar this AM on my FT-60 and noted that my speaker/mic was not “completely” plugged into the HT. ? Being partially inserted, but not completed apparently locked the keypad and knobs down from being able to do anything. ? I pushed the plug in and all is OK. ? Maybe similar to your friend’s situation if using a speaker/mic or a earbud, etc., etc.. ? ? 73, ??????????????? Nolan Kienitz? KI5IO ??????????????? SKCC - 9532C ??????????????? NAQCC - 6230 ??????????????? FISTS - 14948 ? ? |
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Re: unable to change frequencies
Jim K5JG
To all who suggested the keypad may be locked:
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The original poster said his friend HAD DONE "A FULL FACTORY RESET." The radio WILL NOT be locked after a full reset. 73, Jim K5JG On 8/5/2016 10:56 AM, Rudi wa2nub@... [FT-60] wrote:
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Re: Squelch issue
开云体育Check you RF squelch setting (menu 37, page 18 in the manual). Jardy Dawson WA7JRD Sent from the Death Star for Darth Vader's eyes only. Any other reception will be severely punished. ? On Aug 6, 2016, at 09:22, kd4wov@... [FT-60] <FT-60@...> wrote:
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Squelch issue
I have a FT60 that has a squelch issue. it goes from all the way open to all the way closed at mid point (ie 12 o'clock). When it closes, it is like the squelch is all the way.
So far, I have done the following: I have replaced both the control and, the board with the control/vol/selector. Looks like the rubber between the main board and daughter board is not working right. I have flipped it both vertical and horizontal(4 possibilities). It seems to make no difference. Yaesu tech support does not have the rubber cable anymore. Any suggestions? Otherwise I may look for a dead radio to get just for the cable. De kd4wov Tom Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T |
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Re: LI-ION battery issues ?
Nolan Kienitz
开云体育Thanks to all who have responded here and offline. ? Battery is flakey.? Vendor is replacing it under their one-year warranty. ? Charging unit was purchased from the same vendor as the unit for charging the LI-ION batteries. ? I just keep two charging units on my desk:? One for the original battery that came with the FT-60 and the new one for the LI-ION. ? 73, ??????????????? Nolan Kienitz? KI5IO ??????????????? SKCC - 9532C ??????????????? NAQCC - 6230 ??????????????? FISTS - 14948 ? ? |
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Re: unable to change frequencies
Jim K5JG
He said his friend had done a factory reset on the radio which would
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clear the keypad/dial lock. In fact, can a reset even be done if the keypad is locked? I don't know. 73, Jim K5JG On 8/5/2016 7:12 AM, radioranger44 radioranger44@... [FT-60] wrote:
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