Average Ham does not mean much these days.? Most repair of Ham gear is not that hi-tech.? Yaesu hires high school drop outs to do it.
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And replacing the FT817 PA finals on the is not that difficult.? If think so no you should not be inside the radio.
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Once when my finals blew, I did order and install the PA board.? But when the finals died so did the driver transistors on the main board. SMTs, easy job to replace once got the parts.? Do need the right tools, mainly a very small pencil iron and small solder, not 035".? I have just such an iron I use for SMT with 0.050 pins.
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73, ron, n9ee
