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Re: Blown final club? I think I have a membership


 

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Eric,

Thanks for the information. I have the original box so the serial number is right there it is 1G35xxxx. April 2001 batch 35? ?Correct?

Puts out 2 watts on the second scale and 4.2 on top scale.

Fun day,

Dean
N2TNN


From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Eric <eric@...>
Sent: Sunday, August 4, 2024 1:57 AM
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Subject: Re: [ft817] Blown final club? I think I have a membership
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Hi Dean,

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The serial number should be on a label on the bottom of the radio, between the battery door and the rear heatsink. It will be in the format ?of a digit and then a letter and then 6 digits. The first digit indicated the last digit of the year of manufacture, the letter indicated the month of manufacture with C being January, the next two digits are the batch number and the last 4 digits are the actual number in the batch of that particular radio so, for instance, if your radio has a serial number of 2G051234 it would mean that it was build in 2002, in May, was batch number 05 and its individual serial in the batch was 1234.

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That is how the serial numbers on all later Yaesu radios work. Not sure whether they used the same system on earlier radios in 60’s, 70’ etc.

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73….Eric VK2VE.

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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Dean, N2TNN
Sent: Sunday, August 4, 2024 9:10 AM
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Subject: Re: [ft817] Blown final club? I think I have a membership

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Rick,

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Thank you for the response and I will be on the phone Monday. I just pulled the old girl out of the case and pulled the battery pack out. Guess I have to do some testing and get her on the air for the NAQCC word challenge.

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This rig and a QRP+ if you remember are the start to my CW experience. Don't know what I would do with out them. Just like the old pup listening to the cw music and tail tapping her on the floor.

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BTW, how do you determine the FT-817 serial number?

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72, Dean


From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of VE1RNM <rickmoskovits@...>
Sent: Saturday, August 3, 2024 6:50 PM
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Subject: Re: [ft817] Blown final club? I think I have a membership

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Hi Dean, an email or phone call to yaesu in Cerritos California and ask for the parts department. Then ask for the PA board for finals replacement in the FT 817, but you need to contact yaesu directly. With the ft818nd just being discontinued there should still be parts. Let us know how you make out. 72/73 Rick

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On Sat., Aug. 3, 2024, 7:25 p.m. Dean, N2TNN via , <N2tnn=[email protected]> wrote:

Rick,

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Can you explain in detail how the get the new boards. Google does not reveal any lead to obtaining a new PA board.

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I have an original FT817 and need a backup plan.

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72, Dean/ N2TNN


From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of VE1RNM <rickmoskovits@...>
Sent: Saturday, August 3, 2024 5:54 PM
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Subject: Re: [ft817] Blown final club? I think I have a membership

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Hi Mike, sorry to hear about the potential final loss but replacement boards are very inexpensive,(I bought 2 for $60+ total a year or so ago from yaesu USA. Regardless I would buy a couple of spares for your 817s. The boards fit all 817-817nd -818nd families. By 73 Rick VE1RNM

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On Sat., Aug. 3, 2024, 6:41 p.m. mike bryce via , <prosolar=[email protected]> wrote:

Okay everyone, I think I may have joined the blown final club.

I was listening to the maritime mobile net on 14.300 and thought, what the hell? See if 2W might get the net control’s attention.

The 817 reported ‘highswr’ on the rear antenna port, so I went to the front and the highswr went away. However in both cases, the power meter only had on bar lite even though power for set for four bars.

Highswr into a dummy load on rear port.

That’s not right! So, even though the power jack is fubar, I can squirt in DC and at 13V input, I still get from 1 to 0 bars and the radio is only drawing 530ish mA.
That sure sounds like a pop PA board.

Makes no difference if I’m on HF or VHF, no bars or 1 flickers a bit. I can hear myself on another radio i.e. 146.52 rx and while tx on the 817.

This is an older 817, I don’t know the vintage, so this being the weekend, does any one know the approximate cost of a new PA board from Yaesu? Can you still get ‘em? Is the PA even bad?

Mike wb8vge

FYI…. I put my other 817 on line and the net control gave me a s9 report. I am in ohio, he was on the west coast. That Yaesu 817 is an amazing little rig!




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