Re: FT980 dose not recieve
?I am wondering if you have an HMI.
I DONT HAVE IT
Q: Can you receive or hear anything on AM or FM modes??
ANY AT ANY BAND AND MODE.
Q: When was the last time you replaced the RAM backup batteries
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jose carlos leon
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#207
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Re: FT980 dose not recieve
The BFO VCV is a very common issue, but not the only potential one. It will drift over time, and eventually reach a point where the VCV doesn't work at all and you get nothing on CW/SSB.? Switching
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Mat Breton N8TW
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#206
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Re: FT980 dose not recieve
Mistake
Hi, friends,
I have done the procedure on 23th page on Tech Suplement. At the begining the voltage was on 8 v. I moved the trimmer slowly up to 6 v with USB and Shift fully counterclockwise.
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jose carlos leon
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#205
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Re: FT980 dose not recieve
Hi, friends,
I have done the procedure on 23th page on Tech Suplement. At the begining the voltage was on 8 v. I moved the trimmer slowly up to 6 v with USB and Shift fully counterclockwise. Then
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jose carlos leon
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#204
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Re: FT980 dose not recieve
Very thanks, Mat and Dave for explanations. I have now the Tech Supplement and read the procedure about BFO VCV in pag 23. But now I have another question:
"I understand it could be a problem of shift
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jose carlos leon
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#203
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Re: FT980 dose not recieve
The BFO VCV problem was described in the FOX TANGO newsletter in about 1984.? Thanks to N8TW for pointing this out.? I replaced the trimmer in my first FT-980 I bought in 1983.? That GT-980 is
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Dave Thompson
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#202
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Re: FT980 dose not recieve
I had to eventually replace this capacitor, as the original drifted completely out of range. It is very common. The capacitor is TC4001 ... it is located under a "can" with a hole to adjust.
You can
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Mat Breton N8TW
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Re: FT980 dose not recieve
Carlos,
There is a VCV circuit with a small vaariable capacitor.? Sounds like it is out of range which is common on the FT-980.? Use a non metalic tool to adjust.? You should get the same tone on
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Dave Thompson
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#200
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Re: FT980 dose not recieve
No, it looks like it is transmiting.... no Rx, and left meter shows a "corrient"... (measument)
Dr. José Carlos León Ortega
UDI- Universidad para el Desarrollo y la Innovación
Tel. (591 3)
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jose carlos leon
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#199
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Re: FT980 dose not recieve
Does the rig still transmit normally?
73 - Fred, N8YX
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Fred, N8YX
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#198
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Re: FT980 dose not recieve
thanks
Dr. José Carlos León Ortega
UDI- Universidad para el Desarrollo y la Innovación
Tel. (591 3) 3422525
Santa Cruz - Bolivia
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jose carlos leon
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Re: FT980 dose not recieve
N4PL will be home from Poland and can probably answer your question the first week of October? Ask again if you sill need help.
73 Dave K4JRB
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Dave Thompson
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#196
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FT980 dose not recieve
Hi, Huys,
My FT980 lost the reception and the left meter give a position on the middle of the? scale, the ritgh dose not mesure any.
Any noise on the speaker.
Any hint? Tnx--CP6CL
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jose carlos leon
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#195
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Re: FT-980 Problems
Thanks,
Did what you said and it came around, more or less. Had to make sure of freq, was listening 3977 and went to transmit it jumped to 7000.0
All is well so far. I wouldn’t have considered the
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Bo Steyer
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#194
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I sent the same advice as a reply email to the group. For some reason it didn't seem to make the list.
Pop the batteries with the power off, leave it off for a bit then power on. The radio should
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Fred, N8YX
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#193
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It is possible that there may not be anything with the radio (best case scenario, right?).
There are two modes where the band switching buttons are disabled: the memory modes "MR" and "RX-M". The
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Mat Breton N8TW
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#192
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Re: FT-980 Problems
I purchased the Ft-980 as a package from local ham (NX0A) who was
down sizing. A technician friend was able to get it going and it worked for a few weeks, but now it’s stuck on a 75 meter
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Bo Steyer
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#191
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Re: Looking for sp 980
You have the right one. Who uses a phone patch these days.
Dave K4JRB
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Dave Thompson
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#190
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Re: Looking for sp 980
Both of mine are the switchable audio filter versions.
I couldn’t see any on eBay – but maybe there’s different stuff on the US site than the Oz site….?
Phil
Sent: Tuesday, 14
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Phil VK4KW / VK4BAA
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#189
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Re: Looking for sp 980
The rare speaker is the one with audio filters built in not the SP-980P. Who uses phone patches these days?
73 Dave K4JRB
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Dave Thompson
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