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Glad to see there is a second venue for FT-60 users. I think Clint
did a great job is in getting the ball rolling and commend his
efforts in doing so. I will continue to be a member of his group as
well as this one. Having said that, it's always nice to have
multiple places to post, make suggestions, get help, and generally
carry on with other users of this fabulous little rig.

Hopefully this will be an open forum with minimal moderation,
assuming all posts are friendly, on topic, and are not flame bait.

I had a problem with my FT-60 that forced me to return it to Yaesu.
I attempted to post about the problem three times but none of the
posts were allowed. I only received personal replies from the list
owner. I was frankly put off a bit that I couldn't share my
experiences publicly, and perhaps find a solution to the problem or
at least get some additional input.

I'm taking the liberty of reposting the same message here........


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I have had my FT-60 for two weeks now and except for having to trim
the label away from the charge contact on the battery, have had no
problems.

Last weekend I sat down to begin manually adding frequencies to
memory. Again, no problems. However, after I began adding selected
memory locations to banks, the unit froze up on Bank 10. I
immediately powered off, and upon powering up again noted that the
standard three tones played as usual, but the display was totally
blank. Moreover, there was no received audio. The unit, except for
the three tones on powerup, is totally dead.

I have attempted resetting multiple times. The radio goes into reset
mode (5 tones played) but without a display it is difficult to
determine which reset mode is being used. I tried each, based on
counting clicks on the control knob, but no joy.

I have also removed the battery and have run on a 13.8 volt supply,
but with the same results.

Any ideas????

Ron WA5VFA

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I have since talked to Yaesu technical support and they had no ready
solution so I have sent the radio to them. In my mind it appears to
be scrambled firmware or a related processor problem. If it was
caused by the bank programming, then there could be a bug in the
microcode. If anyone else has had a problem like that I'd like to
know. Let me point out that all the programming I did was manual,
without using any form of software.

73,
Ron WA5VFA

Hi Ron,

Funny thing, I actually just got home from UPS, I was sending my FT-
60R back to AES. EXACT same problem as you described. I didn't use
any memory banks though, I was scanning main memories when I powered
off, then the next time I powered on it was blank. Do you by any
chance have the serial number of the problem unit? I am hoping my
replacement works OK.

Multiple places to post is right, three FT-60 groups (that I know
of): FT-60, FT-60R, and ft60. Nothing too unusual though, there are
at least three VX-7R groups as well: VX-7R, YaesuVX-7, and YAESUVX7.

So anyway most of my software development is on hold until I get a
new unit, if I am lucky maybe late this week or early next week.

Jim
KC8UNJ






--- In FT-60@..., "Ron Ricketts" <ron@w...> wrote:

Glad to see there is a second venue for FT-60 users. I think Clint
did a great job is in getting the ball rolling and commend his
efforts in doing so. I will continue to be a member of his group as
well as this one. Having said that, it's always nice to have
multiple places to post, make suggestions, get help, and generally
carry on with other users of this fabulous little rig.

Hopefully this will be an open forum with minimal moderation,
assuming all posts are friendly, on topic, and are not flame bait.

I had a problem with my FT-60 that forced me to return it to Yaesu.
I attempted to post about the problem three times but none of the
posts were allowed. I only received personal replies from the list
owner. I was frankly put off a bit that I couldn't share my
experiences publicly, and perhaps find a solution to the problem or
at least get some additional input.

I'm taking the liberty of reposting the same message here........


-----------------------------------------


I have had my FT-60 for two weeks now and except for having to trim
the label away from the charge contact on the battery, have had no
problems.

Last weekend I sat down to begin manually adding frequencies to
memory. Again, no problems. However, after I began adding selected
memory locations to banks, the unit froze up on Bank 10. I
immediately powered off, and upon powering up again noted that the
standard three tones played as usual, but the display was totally
blank. Moreover, there was no received audio. The unit, except for
the three tones on powerup, is totally dead.

I have attempted resetting multiple times. The radio goes into

reset

mode (5 tones played) but without a display it is difficult to
determine which reset mode is being used. I tried each, based on
counting clicks on the control knob, but no joy.

I have also removed the battery and have run on a 13.8 volt supply,
but with the same results.

Any ideas????

Ron WA5VFA

-------------------------------------------------------------

I have since talked to Yaesu technical support and they had no

ready

solution so I have sent the radio to them. In my mind it appears to
be scrambled firmware or a related processor problem. If it was
caused by the bank programming, then there could be a bug in the
microcode. If anyone else has had a problem like that I'd like to
know. Let me point out that all the programming I did was manual,
without using any form of software.

73,
Ron WA5VFA

Has anyone else noticed that the Brochure for the FT-60 states that
the Operating Temperature for the radio is -4 to +14 degrees C?
Maybe that's why the displays are blank. If you have it that cold,
the LCDs don't work well!

Scott
WA2CHJ